Odds and Ends

Ann Cushman provides a marvelous resource of odds and ends and tidbits and stuff from the unusual to the amusing. In between, you might find a clue or a new source of information to aid your research.

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Back in the 1800s and even later many towns and counties and others published biographical histories. Obviously many people submitted their family histories as they knew them. I suspect they used family lore etc. and not much in the way of facts. These books are referred to as “mug books”. Take what you read with a grain of salt, dig deeper and verify, verify, verify.