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Early Colonial New England, Scott, Wright

PROVIDENCE AND BLOCK ISLAND – PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH – 2025 PART 2 

9/16- Tuesday –  A recent article in the Wall Street Journal asked readers, do you know your own historical meaning? How do you learn that? Where you come from? Who do you come from? Where do you fit in history? It is not easy. It is time consuming. It requires patience. It may mean learning new skills and visiting faraway places. Nevertheless the impediments are vastly … Continue reading PROVIDENCE AND BLOCK ISLAND – PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH – 2025 PART 2 

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Early Colonial New England, Wright, Y-DNA

Y-DNA Solves a 350 Year Old Line of Descent Conundrum

The Question Genealogists and family historians sometimes rely on family and town histories written many years ago. Those histories can contain errors that may or may not be unraveled as time goes by. Y-DNA can sometimes assist in detecting discrepancies in those written histories such as errors and nonpaternal events. Can Y-DNA assist in determining a 350 year old line of descent in an English … Continue reading Y-DNA Solves a 350 Year Old Line of Descent Conundrum

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Wright

A Triumphant AI Genealogy Discovery

This is a story about genealogy research breakthroughs using FamilySearch.com’s recently released Artificial Intelligence (AI) program. A recent search with AI located two deeds with high value information. Background – A Missing Birth Record I first applied to the lineage society SAR (Society of the Sons of the American Revolution) through descent from my third-great-grandfather Thompson J. Wright, a son of Solomon Wright, a Revolutionary … Continue reading A Triumphant AI Genealogy Discovery

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

The Fighting Seeleys

Knowledge of an ancestor’s participation in historical events can be fascinating. It is not a good thing when participation in those historical events is forgotten, lost or obscured. Stories like the sacrifices that the Seeley’s made to meet the challenges that they encountered in the early settlement of America are in jeopardy of being lost and forgotten. Robert Seeley was born in England on 4 … Continue reading The Fighting Seeleys

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

4th of July Musings

As I write this at nightfall on the 4th of July in the harbor at Erie Pennsylvania there is not a second that goes by that is not punctuated with the sound of multiple explosions coming from all directions. The 4th of July is for watermelon and family get-togethers, sparklers, fireworks, flags, parades and comradery. It is for recognizing and remembering those that fought for the establishment … Continue reading 4th of July Musings

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Discovering the Wright Family in the Civil War

Thompson J. Wright, his wife Jane and their family moved from Wolcott N.Y. to Michigan around 1838. Thompson Wright was 44 years old at the time. He probably moved along with his brothers Frederick and Solomon.[1]  The 1840 Michigan census notes that Frederick Wright lived in Parma Michigan and Thompson Wright lived in Concord Michigan, contiguous to and south of Parma. The 1840 census locates the … Continue reading Discovering the Wright Family in the Civil War

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