The death of Queen Elizabeth II is bound to stimulate interest in genealogy starting with the English royal family which boasts some of the deepest
I have mentioned a newspaper called the Jamestown Sun several times in the newsletter, most recently this past May after we found a page from
A few weeks ago the widow of a friend came in with a box of photos found in the attic of the family home. Most
Like most places its size, Jamestown has had its share of unsuccessful and minimally successful newspapers. Our current older generation remembers the Jamestown Sun that
In the past two months, I’ve surveyed what little is known about the first several thousand years of Chautauqua County prehistory. It was a little
Last month I wrote about the first 1,300 years of Chautauqua County prehistory. At least two dozen chert projectile points and some other flake tools
Like most local history museums, Fenton has a number of stone projectile points, generally called “arrowheads,” recovered from various locations in the area. In Chautauqua
Reuben E. Fenton’s leadership as governor is arguably the most significant contribution he made to the state of New York. However, getting to that point
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