The History Channel is running a series “Vietnam in HD” tonight and tomorrow. I watched the first two hours that were on last night and it is an honest portrayal of the War. Most of the story is told from veterans with news footage and also home movies. The first couple of hours are rerun …
On Monday, 26 Sept., was the first burial in a new veterans cemetery that has been in the planning for over 15 years. Clinton Van Gelder, formerly of Intelaken, NY, who died on 22 Jan. 2010, had told his wife, Eva, that he wished to be buried in the new veterans cemetery. Van Gelder had …
Today is Veterans Day. Let me tell you about my Revolutionary War ancestor, Matthew Halsey. He lived in Bridgehampton, NY on the eastern end of Long Island. He joined a Company of men from that area. The Company marched to Fort Ticonderoga which is about 350 miles to replace men that had survived an attack …
Happy July Fourth! This holiday makes me think of my ancestors Matthew Halsey and Jacob Wilklow that were soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Neither were in any battles but that doesn’t matter as they still were ready to fight if they needed to. I noticed another blog, Genealogy and Family History(.com) has a good posting on …
No extracted records are ever 100%. Not even the original records are perfect as the person recording data can make mistakes. Try to get more than one source for your family facts, if you can, to prove every fact.
If you have any people from Monroe County that you think might have served in the first World War then you definitely should look at the 3 volume set; World War Service Record of Rochester and Monroe County, N.Y.