"...was suffering from a contagious disease (1)."

Testamony of Jeanne Vaulthier, wife of Huguenin Parrot of Exincourt, 26 January 1588, Register of causal testimonies, National Archives, in Montbeliard, 1678, fol. 133 V.
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Found and posted here the translation from French archives about my ancestor whose wife was deathly ill. Correcting my earlier post, this occurred in late January 1588. #genealogy

The earliest story I've found about an ancestor is from 1580. A French ancestor's wife was very ill. He feared she would die. There was a German army advancing, and some kind of plague was rampant. He was trying to find people who would be witnesses to her will, but everyone was afraid of getting ill. He finally found two who would sign. She survived. Women in France actually had independent property rights, necessitating a will. #genealogy

In the first picture foreground is goat pasture. The building is the barn. Field of winter wheat, a thin tree line, behind it the back field, then woods. My family settled this farm around 1850. My great grandfather was born in 1863. He said when he was a boy, the woods backed the barn. The second picture has our farm at the center. That light area at the center is the back field. Many trees were grubbed out. #genealogy #CoSoPhotography

Another similar story. My great grandma (daughter of previous person) was sitting on her porch & suddenly claimed to see a ball of fire rolling across the field. None of her children (including my grandma) saw it. Just then the phone rang saying great grandma's brother had died in St. Louis hospital. His farm was next door, where the fireball came from. There were many jokes about where Uncle Henry may have ended up 🔥. Don't know if they had esp, a coven, or what. This was in 1928. 🤷‍♂️ #genealogy

My ancestor Stephen Deane's ship, the Fortune, arrived in Plymouth harbor around Nov 7-14, 1621. Though they didn't fully understand disease transmission, the ship was quarantined for a week or two offshore. That gets us to a probable arrival on shore in late Nov. 1621.

He set up the first grain mill in New England. He married, had children, and died in 1634. #genealogy

While I realize the Thanksgiving story is fraught with problems, that the colonists never saw native Americans as equals and were looking for the first opportunity to get the upper hand and take their land, there was some sort of feast where Plymouth colonists and Native Americans sat down and ate together.

My earliest know Immigrant ancestor, Stephen Deane, probably missed that first Thanksgiving celebration by a month or so. Probably got on shore around this date in 1621. #genealogy

Going to do a very #genealogy thing and list surnames. I'm not going to bother with Smith, for obvious reasons. If you might connect, let me know.

Roach, Clark, Roberts, Stackhouse, McVicker, Merricks, Daniel(s), Parrot(t), Vallat, Laigle, Jeannin/Genin, Donjon, Collignon, Ryan, Faherty, Bertram, Palandt, Clendennin (many variants), Seybold.

Some of the more common names are less likely matches, but ya never know. I could have added many more, but most are WAY back.

Tomorrow is 91 years since a great grandma died. Mary Ellen Faherty Ryan (1852-1931). I know she played piano/organ at church, that she was a messy housekeeper, that she and her husband took in orphans, and that she died of a heart attack. #cosophotography #genealogy #cosogenealogy

Late last night looking at family photos I ran across this. The signature of my second great grandfather (1818-1907) and second great grandmother's (1837-1890) mark. In those days the inequities in education were so obvious. I think this is from an 1863 document, if I remember right. #genealogy

New picture of large pecan tree.

33 year old picture of my mom. Note thin twig of a tree behind and to the right of her.

Same tree.

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Dad died 6 years ago today. Photos from 1947-2016. I'm the 2 year old in the family photo. The 1946 photo is dad with his mom. I'm right now sitting just inside the window they're in front of.

Dad was a carpenter, loved to tell stories, was a keen sportsman who was an amazing shot. #genealogy #family

Good morning Coso!

I'm starting a bit historical. This is a Velie Six automobile built around 1918. The women in the picture are two great aunts. The one seated in the back died in April 1920. Don't know who the men are. The house is where my mother was born. It's no longer standing.

Velie automobiles were built in Moline, IL in the early 1900s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velie

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Reposting.

The first picture is my parents in 1950 or 51, six or seven years before they ever married. The second picture is mom maybe in 1987. Today is Mom's birthday. She'd be 92. She will be gone 8 years in December. She loved family gatherings and taking pictures. She taught me to read at age 2½. She had a difficult childhood, always being sent to live with relatives. She had one of the rare cases where when Alzheimer's struck she just became nicer.
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Another photograph of Mom.
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My parents around 1950 or 51, six or seven years before they ever married. Today is Mom's birthday. She'd be 92. She will be gone 8 years in December. She loved family gatherings and taking pictures. She taught me to read at age 2½. She had a difficult childhood, always being sent to live with relatives. She had one of the rare cases where when Alzheimer's struck she just became nicer.
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My paternal grandmother in 1959. An actual color photo. As I've mentioned before, she was a cook at the hospital. She is wearing her "uniform." The baby is an older brother. I actually remember those pillows, and the couch. She died before I was born, on this date 59 years ago. 6 Sep 1963. #genealogy

My current #genealogy client was born in 2001. I think my only ever client born in this century. The person is local, so I was expecting a lot of local ancestors. Nope. From Maine and Tennessee, then all going back to colonial times. Has been fun.

I have no marketing skills and jobs have come mainly through word of mouth. But people aren't always clamoring for their genealogy to be done. So there have been big dry times. Alas.

My great uncle Amos and my two older brothers. Thanksgiving weekend 1963. My grandmother had died a couple months prior and president Kennedy had died a few days before. You can see the sadness etched on Amos's face. The phone was bought in 1940 when the house was new. I don't remember it. This is also in the living room where I'm now sitting.

Amos used to play accordion and fiddle at dances in the area. 1920s-1940s. #genealogy #history

In case anyone is a #genealogy nut, my surnames are Roach, Roberts, Stackhouse, Saxton, Daniel, Clendennen, Seybold, McVicker, McCollum, Cessna, Rose, Worley, Christopher, Merricks, Smith, Spencer, Stone, Parrott, Bohin, Laigle, Barbier, Vallat, Genin (Jeannin), Murphy Mallkey, Walsh, Ryan, Faherty, Costalow (Costello), Hughes, Sullivan, Donjon, Collignon, Steinne, Deterding, Sievert, Bertram, Palandt.