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Catch up on the latest in family history with these articles from GenealogyBank News
October 2024 Newsletter
Melissa Davenport Berry writes: In this story, I cover an important historical figure in the early settlement of Plymouth Colony: the missionary Richard Bourne, aka “the White Sachem,” who (along with Thomas Tupper) helped secure the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s reservation land and a meeting house for the Indians.
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Melissa Davenport Berry writes: In this story, I cover another important historical figure in the early settlement of Plymouth Colony: the missionary Thomas Tupper, who (along with Richard Bourne) was instrumental in securing peace with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and erecting their first meeting house.
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Gena Philibert-Ortega writes: Did you know your grandparents or a grandparent? Did you spend time with them? What stories do you remember? Now’s a good time to write down your memories to include with your family tree so that your descendants inherit stories as well as facts.
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Melissa Davenport Berry writes: In 1973 Jane Sarnowski, a clerk in the office of the Superior Court in Salem, Massachusetts, made headlines across the country. Many articles featured a photo of Jane with the original court transcripts from the infamous Salem witchcraft trials, sporting a glass bottle of “witch pins” – purportedly the same pins used as evidence in the 1692 trials.
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