Thomas and Margaret (Fryer) Gardner of Salem, MA

Note (03/15/2023 -- See Old, and new, planter .  --- Cape Ann  ought to get special consideration, in our view. The following is a brief sum...

Last year, we published an article about a barque, the Bostonian, that wrecked off the Oregon coast in 1850. Near the wreck site, Gardiner, ...

In the last post ( Trails west ), we looked at ways to get from the East Coast to the West Coast prior to the modern age. Of course, the cho...

In 2014, we did some research related to the origins of Gardner, OR. An article in The Essex Genealogist (TEG, v 35, no 2) and The Gardner A...

We started this blog in September 2010. So, this will be our second Leap Day. However, it might be interesting to see what was going during ...

Well, I missed this:  http://www.geneabloggers.com/conferencekeeper-geneabloggers-proclaim-february-1-as-genealogyselfie-day/ . February 1 (...

We are now into our seventh year. The first few were involved heavily with research, trying to pull together disparate pieces. That is, cont...