I've written a few times about my Van Every ancestors ties to slavery. The Labors of Hercules Myndert Frederickse and Hercules The Labor...

Several months ago I discovered Dreams in the Mist: Loyalist House Season I by Barbara Nattress The short novel (156 pages) concerns a w...

I wrote this poem five years ago. George Van Every, the first son of my second great grandparents, Samuel and Abigail (Stuart) Van Every, ...

Last night I watched the latest episode of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "The British Invasion." Once again, se...

A Toast to the First and the Fourth of July for David Van Every (1757-1820) ©July 2009 - John Newmark For two years my fourth great foug...

On Feb 8, 2011, I discussed the Labors of Jurden Mary Blackadder Piersol, in her genealogy, The Records of the Van Every Family: United Em...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my proje...

A Toast to the First and the Fourth of July for David Van Every (1757-1820) ©July 2009 - John Newmark For two years my fourth great foug...

A year ago I learned my 8th Great Grandfather, Myndert Frederickse (son of Frederick Van Iveren), owned a slave named Hercules. My researc...

The poem below was written and posted last year at this time A Toast to the First and the Fourth of July for David Van Every (1757-182...

For the past couple years, in my genealogical travels around the web, and in surname messageboards on various genealogy sites, I’ve seen ref...

A Toast to the First and the Fourth of July for David Van Every (1757-1820) ©July 2009 - John Newmark For two years my fourth great fought f...

Apparently there are some today celebrating the 225th Anniversary of the "First landing of the United Empire Loyalists." Like man...

Canada today announced a change in their Citizenship Requirements A new law amending the Citizenship Act will come into effect on April 17, ...

I missed the first edition of the Canadian Genealogy Carnival back in September. My entry for the second edtion will actually be appropriat...