NL GenWebEarly Historical Snippets - Interesting reading about the bygone era of our Newfoundland ancestors.
October 28, 2021
Link Newfoundland GEDmatch facebook page
September 12, 2021
Richard Whitbourne’s 1622 Discourse on Newfoundland. Richard Whitbourne governed Gentleman William Vaughan's Plantation at Renews, 1618-1620. Thomas Whitburn wrote about
Richard Whitbourne's 1622 Discourse on Newfoundland in his book "Westward hoe for Avalon in the New-found-land"
August 20, 2021
Scheme of the Fishery details 1720 & 1730. Covering 3 Bays, Conception Bay, Trinity Bay and Bonavista Bay
July 23, 2021
David Anstey provides additional research notes on the Will of John Davis 1739.
June 29, 2021
Will of Thomas Tizzard, initial settler in Twillingate 1732. David Anstey includes research notes about Thomas Tizzard and others including witnesses of the will.
May 16, 2021
Susan Snelgrove offers research services and has a website with articles available for download and a blog containing information on topics like DNA testing, choosing family tree software and/or an online family tree site.
May 6, 2021
Additional endnotes for "A partial miscellany of the early Fogo-Twillingate voyages, merchants
and captains." originally posted in 2019
March 23, 2021
Will of John Follett, Dartmouth Devon 1653. Involved in the NL fishery
March 2, 2021
Newspaper account of the St. John's fire of 1846
Newspaper account of the Newfoundland storm of 1846
February 18, 2021
April 21, 1814 Methodist Church Deed - Bonavista
January 6, 2021
Additonal details from The Complete Book of Emigrants, by Peter Wilson Coldham.
(original posted November 2020)
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