Every year since about 1930, the Denison Society holds an event called "Coming Home" at the Denison Homestead grounds in Mystic, CT. The Denison Society members are descendants of Capt. George Denison.
This year the weekend begins on July 31 and ends on August 2. I hope that all family reunions have as lovely weather as the day I took this photo.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, September 01, 2008
Learning Footnote
Yesterday, I began to work on the proofs that I will need to prove that my ancestor, Isaac Denison, served in the American Revolution. To do this I needed to spend some quiet time working with Footnote.com where I have a paid, premium subscription.
I found, a few months back, that the book [yes, that's right, a book in print] transcribed the name of my ancestor incorrectly. They list his name as Israel. The material for that book which is called, Connecticut Men in the Revolution, was taken from the images of the handwritten rolls of Revolutionary service records. It did not make sense to me that my direct line ancestor did not serve some time when Grace Denison Wheeler's book lists his service as opening his home in Mystic to the needs of the Revolutionary War men in the area. In the attic of the old Homestead, a cloak was found that is of the right era that was marked as belonging to him.
I learned to read the Revolutionary War Service Records and when I found the right regiment and year, I discovered that I could do a one-to-one correspondence with the names. Footnote has annotated the names, which makes the task easier. Of course, I must print out this information to send to the DAR so I will have to make sure that it is clearly visible to them.
The Footnote blog had a blog entry on how you can put images from these rolls to your Web site or blog so following the information given, I tried it. See my next post down for the clearly visible name.
I found, a few months back, that the book [yes, that's right, a book in print] transcribed the name of my ancestor incorrectly. They list his name as Israel. The material for that book which is called, Connecticut Men in the Revolution, was taken from the images of the handwritten rolls of Revolutionary service records. It did not make sense to me that my direct line ancestor did not serve some time when Grace Denison Wheeler's book lists his service as opening his home in Mystic to the needs of the Revolutionary War men in the area. In the attic of the old Homestead, a cloak was found that is of the right era that was marked as belonging to him.
I learned to read the Revolutionary War Service Records and when I found the right regiment and year, I discovered that I could do a one-to-one correspondence with the names. Footnote has annotated the names, which makes the task easier. Of course, I must print out this information to send to the DAR so I will have to make sure that it is clearly visible to them.
The Footnote blog had a blog entry on how you can put images from these rolls to your Web site or blog so following the information given, I tried it. See my next post down for the clearly visible name.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Levina FISH Dension (Headstone)
Category: “Write, Write, Write”
Event: compose drafts and post them later
Gold
This is the top of the headstone for Levina Fish Denison. The back of this stone is inscribed and was posted previously along with a scanned photo of her courtesy of The Denison Society.
2008 Genea-Bloggers Games
Midge Frazel
Midge Frazel
Event: compose drafts and post them later
Gold
This is the top of the headstone for Levina Fish Denison. The back of this stone is inscribed and was posted previously along with a scanned photo of her courtesy of The Denison Society.
2008 Genea-Bloggers Games
Midge Frazel
Midge Frazel
Friday, June 27, 2008
Dension Gravestones in Syracuse, NY
I have created a group on the photo hosting Web site called Flickr to encourge other gravestone hoppers to post any gravestone of Denisons.
My friend Jade 19721 (that's her Flickr name) took some photos of Denison folks buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, NY near to her home.
Jade's husband has ancestors from the Mystic/Groton/Stonington area and so as she travels around she sees gravestone with his family names and takes photos of them.
This beautiful statue is on a Denison monument.
My friend Jade 19721 (that's her Flickr name) took some photos of Denison folks buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, NY near to her home.
Jade's husband has ancestors from the Mystic/Groton/Stonington area and so as she travels around she sees gravestone with his family names and takes photos of them.
This beautiful statue is on a Denison monument.
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