Good morning on a sunny day in Ann Arbor.

Anne, I sent Kay a link. https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6-uBey5BRneGzLydB7kbqA

Greetings from mid-Michigan, best of holidays, safe and caring, to you all.

Good morning all, thanks for joining us. It's a beautiful, sunny day in Ann Arbor.

Good Morning all, from sunny Mahwah, New Jersey.

Good morning to everyone from Ann Arbor!

Another warm Fall day in Lansing. Greetings to all.

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Hello from Royal Oak!

hi all, on this beautiful day!

Hello from Ann Arbor! This is a nice break from pandemic-work-as-usual!

Kay is unable to join by Zoom and will try by phone

Good morning from Ypsilanti!

Good Morning from near the Connecticut River in Deep River, CT. Our 1838 house was insulated on the second floor with old newspapers from 1837 and 1838 with all kinds of fascinating articles , including one about a Wild Child!

Absolutely, Janet! Thanks for tuning in! We've been looking forward to this conversation.

We found 1856 Harper's Weekly papers, also used as backing for plaster (tween plaster and lath), which helped us date the house.

Hello from Novi, Michigan. Nice and sunny and going to be nice today.

I want to know more about the Wild Child!!

Yes newspapers were used for insulation in my grandparents house (which is still standing) - built in the late 1800’s in Detroit.

I love all these stories of your historic homes out there!!

Found 1920s license plates used as basement window sills!

There is a ghost story about Willard Library in Evansville Indiana The sister of the man who built the library is supposed to occupy the library. She is know as the Gray Lady.

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I researched my wife’s ancestry and found two interesting criminal cases. Her maternal great-great-grandfather, William Jackson Marion, was hanged in Beatrice, Nebraska, in the late 1880s for a murder that never happened. The supposed victim of the murder returned to Beatrice a couple of years later and was surprised to hear that he had been murdered. A great-great uncle on the same side, Enos Lee McCracken, was elected sheriff of Barber County, Kansas, around 1905, and the news prompted authorities in Oklahoma to arrest him on an old indictment for killing a man in a gunfight in that territory in the 1880s. He returned to Oklahoma and was acquitted in a one-day trial, but a year or so later he was killed while arresting a bootlegger in Kiowa, Kansas.

Bookworm Recordingshttps://clements.umich.edu/public-programs/the-clements-bookworm-recordings

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Thanks so much Kate!!!!

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Thank you, Kate!

Just found out I am descended from William Bradford (10th Great Grandfather). Planning to create a little story for my great niece & nephews that they can legitimately wear buckles on their shoes & hats!

One of my ancestors, John Letsinger fought with Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. with the First Tennessee Mounted Rifles. He admired Andrew Jackson so much he named one of his sons Andrew Jackson Letsinger. Andrew Jackson Letsinger did not take after his namesake. While researching family history, I discovered he was fined $25 for losing his rifle when he mustered out of his Civil War regiment!

My maternal great-grandfather was a tenant farmer in Ireland. In the late 1800’s, after assaulting a tax collector with a shovel, he fled to America, leaving his wife and seven children behind in Ireland. He was never heard from again. In retaliation, British soldiers burned down the family farm.

In researching my family history, I learned that I have Mayflower ancestors and French voyageur ancestors with Cadillac when he established a settlement at Detroit. And in August 1852, my great-great-grandparents and several of their children perished in a tragic collision between the Steamer Atlantic and the Propeller Ogsdenburg in the early morning hours in the middle of Lake Erie, with more than 250 lives lost.

Family research by a cousin found that we are distantly related to Henry Frick, the owner of the now famous Frick art museum in New York City.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/288947/red-house-by-sarah-messer

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NEW ENGLAND HISTORYThe Red House | Yankee Classichttps://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/the-red-house/

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Sarah, I believe that Richard W. Hatch was a colleague of my father's at Deerfien

Yes! He taught in the English Department at Deerfield Academy for years.

Ooop.. at Deerfield Academy years ago. Can't wait to hear about your book.

How wonderful!

Frontier Romance

https://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Romance-Tiger-Bill-Kate/dp/19504623

Unfortunately, I only focused on the Hatches who lived in the Red House. So not sure about the Hammonds.

Many many Hatches can trace themselves back to Walter Hatch and the Red House. :-)

Sarah, I'm not sure if Lissa can see your comments unless you sent them directly to her-- they are coming to just "All panelists"

Yes! He taught in the English Department at Deerfield Academy for years.

How wonderful!

Unfortunately, I only focused on the Hatches who lived in the Red House. So not sure about the Hammonds.
Many many Hatches can trace themselves back to Walter Hatch and the Red House. :-)

Thanks, Tracy. I wrote to them!

Thanks, Sarah! :D

I love this sonnet, Wendy!

Another Cookie - several of us on this morning.

Red HouseBEING A MOSTLY ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF NEW ENGLAND'S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY LIVED-IN HOUSEhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/288947/red-house-by-sarah-messer/

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Both presenters were very interesting Thanks so much

did the hatches leave furnishings as well?

Yes! The Hatches did leave furniture. Infact, Israel H Hatch’s bed is still upstairs in his bedroom…maybe that’s why he still haunts the house???

FINDING AIDAnn Price Gibson Paschall diaries (1820-1855)https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-4579.3pas?rgn=Names;view=text

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FINDING AIDNathan H. Sharples journal (1821-1838)https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-4721.1sha?rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid;view=text

'FINDING AIDJohn Hughes letter book (1826-1830)https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2447hug?view=text

Angela-- advance the slide!

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Quarto #51 Our Favorites“Temperance, Exercise, & Cheerfulness”:The Letter Book of John Hugheshttps://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/quarto51-our-favorites.pdf

We are so indebted to Kay and the other Clements volunteers for their amazing work transcribing and researching our manuscripts.

https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/D/Drawn-to-Purpose

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What sources are best for Quaker research? One of my ancestors was a student at the Quaker school in Nine Partners, NY in the 1840's

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Fall Lecture Series

https://clements.mivideo.it.umich.edu

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Adopt a Piece of History:https://clements.umich.edu/give/adopt-a-piece-of-history

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Great analogy, Sarah

Please reference the name of the volunteer at the Clements. Did not get her name

Barbara, that's Kay Miller. We'll include her name in our follow-up email as well!

Definitely check out Swarthmore College and Haverford College for Quaker research, too

Thanks Jay!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving

Thanks to all for attending!

Thank you!

Thank you!