by Jerry Carbone | Feb 12, 2018 | News
My maternal grandparents —Gaetano Spera and Antoinetta Pizzichillo — immigrated from Potenza, Basilicata, Italy, on separate ships in 1906 and 1912. They were married in 1913 so I requested a copy of their marriage license application from the Denver Public Library’s...
by Jerry Carbone | Feb 8, 2018 | Brattleboro history, News, Postcards
Vernon, Vt., August 15, 1907 Dear Duddy, “Cheer up” I’ve just invested in a few Post Cards. Why didn’t you stop Sunday? If he cant [sic] drive he might surely hold you in I should think. Hope you will have good luck in Brattleboro. Julie is going to have a school in...
by Jerry Carbone | Jan 9, 2018 | News
So, you took advantage of the big discounted sales this holiday season, and finally swabbed your cheek or spit into a vial for your DNA test. And now you have a list of questions about DNA matches, ethnic composition, haplogroup, and those 1000 relatives the...
by Jerry Carbone | Dec 21, 2017 | Brattleboro history, News
I just received Vermont Historical Society’s History Connections, vol 12, number 1, and inside this short newsletter features an article on the two of the earliest known photographs of Vermont by Thomas Easterly (1809-1882) of Guilford, Vt. According to the...
by Jerry Carbone | Dec 15, 2017 | Brattleboro history, Libraries, News
While my wife Kathy was at a professional meeting yesterday at Worcester State University, I spent several hours at the wondrous American Antiquarian Society. The AAS, as described on their website, was: Founded in 1812 by Revolutionary War patriot and printer Isaiah...
by Jerry Carbone | Dec 2, 2017 | Brattleboro history, News, Vermont Genealogy
In the August 2, 1940, Vermont Phoenix, an article titled “Wesselhoeft Kin Buys Red Daily,” reported that Mrs. Ferdinanda W. Reed, 63, who is the granddaughter of the Water-Cure founder, Robert Wesselhoeft, along with two other women, purchased the...
by Jerry Carbone | Nov 28, 2017 | Brattleboro history
I spent the day researching in the Brooks Memorial Library archival holdings of the Wesselhoeft Water Cure, or also known as, the Brattleboro Hydropathic Institution. Founded by German born, Robert Wesselhoeft in 1845, the water-cure attracted hundreds of people from...
by Jerry Carbone | Nov 10, 2017 | Libraries
I have given several talks on genealogy in the past year, and most people in the audience do not realize the vast wealth of online resources at their local public library. If you want to do genealogical research and don’t have a subscription to...
by Jerry Carbone | Nov 10, 2017 | News, Travels
In November 2016, I joined the Ramblers, a hiking organization in the United Kingdom, for a two week walk on the beautiful Sorrentine Peninsula off the Bay of Naples. I and several of fellow walkers hiked the Il Sentiero degli Dei (the Path of the Gods), among many...
by Jerry Carbone | Nov 10, 2017 | News
So, today was a momentus day. With the help of web guru, Reginald Martell, I launched my genealogical research services web site. This blog will continue my blog,Musings Vermont, that I began in 2005 for my trip to China. That blog contained musings on libraries,...
