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Feb 2025 -- We were busy last year.
There has been a fundamental change
(see Restart,
somewhat). Lots to do. The
following is a summary.
With respect to the tales of early
Salem, recent digitization of records
in Sherborne, UK indicate that the
children of Thomas and Margaret were
born in England, except for Seeth who
was born here in 1636. See WikiTree
for details of the research and
discussion. There are now two Thomas
Gardner records.
- Gardner-159 -- Husband
of Margaret Fryer and father of
the children and well known to be
of Salem MA with descendants
described by Dr. Frank.
- Gardner-924 (new
record) -- Of the Dorchester
records. Of unknown origins. He
was here, at least, the first
year.
"Are these the same guy?", is one
question to answer. Questions need
to be raised and answered.
Feb
2024 -- We are finally restructuring
to bring in the new insights and facts.
As well, the generative age is on us.
We'll pay
attention. Technology and changes
fit right in with our view of content
and configuration. Was that line blurred
in 2023.
Dec 2023 -- Various summaries: Thomas
Gardner, puzzle; GB
XIII, 2; What
do we know?
Mar 2023 -- Finally
got back to WikiTree.
Here is a summary: New
not old planter.
Need to assimilate this
before determining how
to adjust our research
goals. Margaret
Fryer, wife of
Thomas Gardner, and her
family will be
researched was we extend
out focus to the Families
of Cape Ann. We
will honor Margaret
Fryer as equal of Thomas Gardner.
See, as well, Sherbourne
research. ... Not Square
one.
Mar 2022 -- We are going to include
links to referenced
material in our PDF files for
Gardner's Beacon and The Gardner Annals.
Since the fall, we have been looking at
the History
of Harvard with respect to the
unfolding of the U.S. Lots going on.
Nov 2021 -- Just released Gardner's
Beacon, Vol.
XI, No. 1 (PDF) in which we have a
category of U. S. Interior. Our scope
starts from the 1794 map of the area as
consider by Sam
Dunn in London and goes into the
1900s as the railroad was finally
getting headway into remote areas of the
west (KATY
- Western Railroad). While looking
into the Interior, we will consider the
long reach of New England.
Aug 2021 -- Our latest post represents
the focus that has been prominent the
past ten months: Michigan,
200 years ago. Before that, we
were looking at the waterways, the
different eras (Trapper,
Trader, Rancher) for those who
left New England and west west. Lots to
do. We have the 400th coming up of the
New England arrival. We have the 250th
coming up of the split with the Crown.
All the while, technology is awaiting
attention.
Oct 2020 -- Ongoing focus (Gardner's
Beacon, Vol X, No 1) will be records Sherborne,
Dorset, UK. An added focus will be
on writing a report for the NEHGR with
respect to Walter Friar and Grace
Mullins (their marriage, his Will),
daughter Margaret Friar (her birth),
Thomas Gardner (their marriage), and the
first of the boys born in Sherborn.
Then, the family is no longer in the
area (shown by the cessation of any more
records).
Sep 2020 -- This year has been impacted
by a virus that rivals what was seen 100
years ago (namely, the Spanish
Flu) which we looked at two years
ago in terms of the final
issue of The
Massachusetts Magazine. This
effort of Dr. Frank started out with a
bang with writers of note and petered
out in a puzzling manner. We'll get back
to that. Lots to do with regard to the
WikiTree work. But, we've deep dived
into genealogy in all of its little
quirks. One thing that will be
addressed, upgrading their logic. Yes.
Such as, putting Rev.
Bayes to work.
Dec 2019 -- Silence here does not
indicate inactivity. See Git'Hub
(Portal
to truth) for several modes of
work that we have been doing. We're
coming up on our 10th
year of work. Looking forward to
the next decade. Lots to do.
Aug 2019 -- Pulling together the next
issue of The Gardner Annals. Will be Vol.
V, No. 1. With that, we'll have
five volumes which will be reorganized
and reprinted as one volume suitable for
contribution to libraries. Goal still is
to have first five generations
documents. Using Dr.
Frank, we are filling in
information about collateral families in
an inclusive sense.
Jun 2019 -- Lots going on. We have been
looking a burial
issues, technology,
the
early times, Sidney's
work, Gardner's
land (after seeing Dr. Frank's
book with its dedication to his father),
and more. See the blog post for this
year (2019
posts). This page will be
reformatted during our review and update
process which is in progress.
Dec 2018 -- We are reorganizing the look
as there is research going on along
several avenues. Right now, we are using
a FB group for coordination (somewhat).
The issues of content
versus configuration will be a
central theme as we decide how to
operate effectively as well as present
in a proper (many senses) manner. Some
current topics: wind-speed
social media, new site,
Gardner
burial ground, use
of WikiTree, ... , and much
more.
Nov 2017 ... This was our first
publication in The Essex Genealogist: Graves
family of Ipswich. Four Johns
become Five Johns as number Four,
originally in an article was a
conflation of two generations.
Jan 2017 ... in the process of
organizing this information - current
work - TMM, Bosworth and Gardners,
Gardners of Maryland and Pennyslvania,
DNA, westward ho, and more ...
see
blog, for now
Sherborne, Dorset
Early on, late 1600s, Gov.
Lovelace ordered that the main Nantucket
town be named Sherborne. Why? Some say
that it is due to this being the place
of origin.
In 2014, Sherborne records show the
marriage of Thomas Gardner and Margaret
Frier. There are other records that may
pertain to this family.
Hence, research will focus on this
matter; we will present the strongest
story (the prerogative of the family)
that the facts, and abductive reasoning,
will support. Follow
the progress.
Frank Augustine Gardner, M.D.
11 Volumes (digitized)
25
Monographs (Titles,
all volumes),
New England
Revolutionary Regiments
One example (General
Danielson)
In The Gardner Annals, Vol.
III, No. 1, we publish the Table
of Contents from the first five volumes.
Too, we get material about Luci.
M. Gardner, sister of Dr.
Frank.
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