Mary E. (Bull) Tamkins: The 1865 sandwich generation
Second in a series on my ancestor Arthur Bull’s parents and siblings at the end of the US Civil War (1865). Locating early records pertaining to female ancestors is seldom easy. But those I have found...
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Fifth and last in a series on my ancestor Arthur Bull’s parents and siblings at the end of the US Civil War (1865). At the end of the US Civil War — when my great, great grandfather Arthur Bull...
View ArticleSchoharie County serendipity
First in a series on searching for the birthplace of my great, great grandfather Arthur Bull. Lately when I fill a glass with New York City tap water, I marvel at a serendipitous connection to my...
View ArticleWindam’s winding border
Third in a series on searching for the birthplace of my great, great grandfather Arthur Bull. County boundaries in New York State took a while to settle down after the Revolutionary War. As a result of...
View ArticleTanners in my family tree
While hunting for the birth place of my great, great grandfather Arthur Bull I discovered that, not only do I have Catskill Mountains heritage — but I also have at least two generations of tanners in...
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