Old Dominion Steamship Company

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Jacob Grimm - d. 20 September 1863

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, one of the Brothers Grimm and editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales, was born on 4 January 1785 in Hesse-Kassel, the son of Philipp Wilhelm Grimm (a lawyer and court official) and Dorothea Grimm, née Zimmer.
Jacob died at the age of 78 on 20 September 1863 in Berlin, Prussia.

(Photos from find-a-grave)

The children of Philipp Wilhelm Grimm and Dorothea Grimm:

1. Friedrich Hermann Georg Grimm (1783-1784)
2. Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785-1863)
3. Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859)
4. Carl Friedrich Grimm (1787-1852)
5. Ferdinand Philipp Grimm (1788-1844)
6. Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790-1863)
7. Friedrich Grimm (1791-1792)
8. Charlotte (Lotte) Amalie Hassenpflug, neé Grimm (1793-1833)
9. Georg Eduard Grimm (1794-1795)

Carignan-Salieres Regiment of New France

The Carignan-Salieres Regiment was the first regular military unit to serve in New France (now Canada).  Most people with French Canadian ancestry will have one or more ancestors who served in the Carignan-Salières Regiment.
  
Shown below is our ancestor, Mathurin Gregoire's burial record as seen on PRDH noting under "Occupation" that he was a soldier in the Carignan Regiment.
 

    
In 1665, King Louis XVI ordered the Carignan-Salieres Regiment to New France to help protect the Royal Colony. Between June and September 1665, some twenty-four companies of 1200 soldiers and their officers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment arrived in Quebec. King Louis XIV's plan included the permanent settlement of New France and over 400 soldiers decided to remain in the colony and marry newly arrived 'filles du roi'.

List of soldiers of the Régiment de Carignan-Salières

The uniform of the régiment de Carignan-Salières, stationed in New France between 1665 and 1668, was brown with a gray lining that was visible in the upturned sleeves, forming a decorative facing. Buff-coloured and black ribbons decorated the hat and right shoulder, in accordance with the style of the time. The soldiers of the régiment de Carignan-Salières all wore swords and most were armed with matchlock and flintlock muskets. Some had a light flintlock musket known as a fusil.

Knox County TN Genealogy Resources

Are you researching in East Tennessee?
Then be sure to check out these resources:

 http://knoxcotn.org/  has a collection of transcribed data, biographies, photos, maps, and other items that have been transcribed and donated by volunteers and fellow researchers.  They also have links to related genealogy & history sites relevent to East Tennessee.

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http://cmdc.knoxlib.org/  is a searchable online archive of compelling digital images and artifacts from East Tennessee's rich  history.

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http://www.knoxvilletennessee.com/cemeteries.html has numerous links for cemetery research in Knoxville, TN

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http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/Collections.htm

This site has numerous resources including an Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912

Happy Hunting!

Hôtel Dieu of Quebec

     

Hôtel-Dieu de Québec

Hotel Dieu & Cemetery

L'Hôtel Dieu, founded by three Augustinian nuns in 1639, was the first hospital in Canada and is the oldest hospital in North America outside of Mexico.    It continued to be administered by the Augustinian order until 1962.

L'Hôtel Dieu 1877

      

Today the Hotel-Dieu of Québec continues to operate as part of a network of three teaching hospitals and several specialized institutions.

(Photo credits:  Hôtel-Dieu de Québec & Library and Archives Canada)

Blogger for Android App

     
Have you tried the Blogger Android App?

Using your Android phone or tablet this app allows you to write up a quick blog post on the go. Are you visiting an ancestor's cemetery?  Or the old homestead or ancestral church? Easily compose a post, attach a photo that you just took with your phone, and either save it as a draft or immediately publish it to your blog. This Android app is available for download at no cost from the Android Market.
For more information visit:  Blogger Buzz

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Patriot Day - September 11th

Patriot Day, signed into law on December 18, 2001, is observed on September 11th. 

 It is a day to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and to reflect upon the compassion of people who stepped forward to help those they have never met.  

Americans should fly their flags at half-staff and observe a moment of silence.

                          

PA-Roots Resource

                                 
PA-Roots provides free genealogy research resources available on the internet for Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region.
PA-Roots is a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation consisting of a volunteers who are dedicated to providing free genealogical and historical data on-line.

What was I able to locate on this site?
Under Statewide Data  >  Abstracts of General Loan Office Mortgages

The record dated June 5, 1723, shows a reference to our ancestor Edmund duCasteel's property in Philadelphia.  It indicates that the senior Edmund DuChastel /Du Casteel whose will was proved Mar. 25, 1713/14 did indeed pass his property onto his son Edmund Casteel II.

                                    

Sad Deaths by Fire

While researching on AmericanAncestors.org I came across this 1829 Casteel death record abstract:

(click image to enlarge)

Source File:  Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636–1850

 a series of vital records books for the towns of Rhode Island that include church records and newspaper records, filling twenty-one volumes with information.

These volumes are also available for viewing at the NEHGS Research Library, call number F78.A75.

                       

Castle Garden, NYC

Drawing of the Castle Garden complex in 1890

  

Click images to enlarge.

    

Immigrants & workers exiting Castle Garden.

Visit: http://www.castlegarden.org/

(images from National Park Service)

Labor Day - 1882

Labor Day Parade, Union Square, New York, 1882
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Two Resources in Macoupin County, Illinois

Macoupin County Historical Society
Dedicated to the study of the area's history and the preservation of Macoupin County memorabilia, the Macoupin County Historical Society is located in the Anderson Mansion in the northwest quadrant of Carlinville.  The two-story Victorian home is filled with antiques and collectibles of Macoupin County's past, with memories and a Library of Literature of our ancestors. Several outer buildings, including an authentic Schoolhouse and newly constructed and equipped Print Shop, are also on display.

Macoupin County Genealogical Society
                            
 The Macoupin County Genealogical Society maintains a collection that includes Staunton newspapers on microfilm, census records, county histories, cemetery records, family histories, genealogical books, family data , church records, etc.. Their materials are housed in the George and Santina Sawyer Genealogy Room at the Staunton Public Library in Staunton, IL.