Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, New York Did you know that if you visit Ticonderoga, New York you can visit a 17th century fortress that was an important part of the French and Indian War as well as the American Revolution, and then go down the street and see the 23rd century and stand on the bridge of the Enterprise from the 1960s TV series Star Trek? I didn't know this until recently, and we decided to feature this visit as part of my 20th Century Americana series on this blog. The Original Series Star Trek TV show aired from September 1966 to June 1967, produced by Desilu Productions and aired on NBC TV. Gene Roddenberry created the series, and Lucille Ball was the only producer in Hollywood to support the idea. It is considered Lucille Ball's influence that created the show's reputation for confronting civil rights, women's rights, and the idea of international or interplanetary peace and scientific exploration. The series was doomed from the start with low ratings. It was canceled after only three seasons, even after an intense letter writing campaign by some rabid fans. The series was more popular in syndication in the 1970s, and influenced popular culture with more TV shows, 14 movies, and lots of games, merchandising, and toys. It is considered one of the most popular TV science fiction series. In 1972 the Associated Press called Star Trek "the show that won't die". Now, 50 years later, the characters of Mr. Spock, Lieutenant Uhura, and Capt. James T. Kirk are considered immortal in the genre. NASA, science, and many technological advances used the names "Enterprise", "Jeffries Tube", and other props and ideas from Star Trek for real space craft and technology such as the flip phone, wireless earpieces, motion sensing doors, and universal translators. The museum is the creation of fan James Cawley, who had collected many props and the plans for the original set. It took 14 years to recreate and is was fully licensed by CBS. The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour displays all the history of the show and many original props from the show in a set recreated from the original Desilu blue prints and documents. Original fabrics, materials and, when needed, recreated materials are displayed in the places where they were used on the set. You can only visit with a guided tour in small groups with a docent. On the tour we explored the curved corridors (including the entrance to the Jeffries Tube), sick bay, science lab, crew breakroom, the Captain's quarters, the engine room, and the bridge. The materials used for the set were explained, and it is amazing how much of the set was built of cardboard and plywood. The set designers went "dumpster diving" to find objects to create decor, scientific equipment, navigational equipment and medical equipment. The walls all had panels which were removable for camera or to change out to create a new set, for example, the captain's quarters could be changed out to create other crew quarters, guest quarters, etc. I was impressed at how many original objects were on the set - found at auctions, donated by the cast members, or owned by other collectors. My favorite part of the tour was seeing the famous motion detection doors in operation. When this TV series aired, there were not many of these doors available in public. In fact, we were told that NASA and MIT contacted Desilu productions for blueprints of the doors, which was quite funny because they were cardboard doors operated by ropes pulled by crew offstage. The famous "whoosh whoosh" sound effect was added in to the film post production by the sound department. Now we are accustomed to seeing these doors at every grocery store and office building, and we forget how ground breaking they were to see on TV. The engine room of the USS Enterprise This set was used a conference room, courtroom, and crew recreation room on the series with just a few changes in furniture and props. Here are the 3D chess and checkers sets that were featured in many episodes of the TV show. This famous door to the elevator leads to the bridge of the USS Enterprise Vincent and Yours Truly in the captains chair on the bridge Sick bay Vincent in the transporter... Where did Vincent disappear to? He wasn't even wearing a red shirt! Posing in front of the Jeffries Tube For the truly curious: The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour Museum is located at 112 Montcalm Street, Ticonderoga, NY The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour website: https://startrektour.com/ The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekTour Star Trek: The Original Series at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series ------------------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, New York", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 3, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/11/star-trek-original-series-set-tour-in.html #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

The Gundalow Piscataqua in Portsmouth, New Hampshire What is a gundalow? It is a flat bottomed cargo barge once common on the Piscataqua River and in the nearby rivers of New Hampshire and Maine. They were popularized in the 1600s, and were still used until the early 1900s. There is no keel on a gundalow, which was useful for mudflats and low tide. The name is thought to have derived from "gondola". Similar flat bottomed boats called "gandelows" ply the waters of the River Shannon in Ireland. Many people with ancestors from New Hampshire and Maine can trace back to an early settler in this region, and a lineage society known as "The Piscataqua Pioneers". These settlers lived up and down the Piscataqua River, from Portsmouth all the way up along the Maine and New Hampshire border to the Salmon Falls River and the Cochecho River. This region includes the Great Bay estuary, and the Bellamy, Oyster, Lamprey, Squamsott and Winnicut rivers. The Abenaki people lived here, and the name Piscataqua is said to derive from the Abenaki word pezgitegwa or "dark river". The Piscataqua River region of New Hampshire and Maine Gundalows carried bricks, timber, sheep and raw materials downstream to the Portsmouth port, and carried finished goods upstream to settlements along the river. Today, one of the few gundalows is the one called Piscataqua in Portsmouth harbor, which carried tourists up the river and out to the Isles of Shoals. I recently enjoyed a cruise on the gundalow Piscataqua with the Locke Family Association during their 136th family reunion. For the truly curious: The Gundalow Company website: https://www.gundalow.org/ Gundalow at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundalow The Piscataqua Pioneers lineage society: https://piscataquapioneers.org/ The book Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England, Portsmouth, NH, 2000 published by the Piscataqua Pioneers. Available at the website above. ----------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The Gundalow Piscataqua in Portsmouth, New Hampshire", posted October 27, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-gundalow-piscataqua-in-portsmouth.html #newhampshire #gundalowpiscataqua #piscataquapioneers #river #portsmouth #maine #mainegundalows #newengland #northernnew #rivershannon #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

A Search for Descendants of the Men featured on the America's Tapestry New Hampshire The needleworkers who created the America's Tapestry panel for the colony of New Hampshire for the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War want me to share this exciting news! They are searching for descendants of the patriots depicted on their tapestry. These men are John Langdon, Steven Batson, Samuel Cutts, Henry Langmead, Jude Hall, John Sullivan, and Alexander Scammell. If you are a descendant please email the Millyard Museum in Manchester, New Hampshire. They are organizing a Descendant's Day in the spring of 2027 and would love you to participate! I previously blogged about this New Hampshire panel and the America's Tapestry project at this link HERE. A group of local embroiderers and needle workers created this over several months this winter and spring. Similar groups met in all the former 13 colonies that participated in the American Revolution. All thirteen panels were mounted at the Smithsonian Museum and will travel to all 13 states starting this winter. In the spring this amazing display will be at the Millyard Museum in Manchester, New Hampshire. I can't wait to see all the tapestries displayed together. Here are the patriots featured on the New Hampshire tapestry. If your ancestor was one of the patriots featured here, or another patriot in some of the revolutionary events pictured (The raid on Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth Harbor), please contact the Manchester Historic Association and Millyard Museum. Thank you to the Millyard Museum and to the America's Tapestry museum for allowing me to photograph the panel and the needle workers in the spring of 2026, and thank you to the America's Tapestry New Hampshire Facebook group for the close up images of the patriots depicted in the panels. For the truly curious: The Millyard Museum at 200 Bedford Street (corner of Commerical and Pleasant Streets), Suite 103, in Manchester, New Hampshire phone 603-622-7531 email [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MillyardMuseum The America's Tapestry Project website: https://www.americastapestry.com/ My blog post from March 2026: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/02/americas-tapestry-project-in-new.html --------------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Search for Descendants of the Men featured on the America's Tapestry New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted Ocotber 22, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-search-for-descendants-of-men.html #newhampshire #tapestrynew #millyardmuseum #menfeatured #manchester #hampshirefacebook #johnlangdon #johnsullivan #smithsonianmuseum #henrylangmead #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

The Myles Standish Homestead in Duxbury, Massachusetts SITE OF THE HOMESTEAD OF CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH THE MILITARY LEADER OF PLYMOUTH COLONY HERE STOOD THE HOUSE WHERE CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH LIVED AND DIED On the peninsula called "The Nook" in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on Mayflower Drive, is a small one acre property that looks like an empty lot over looking Duxbury Bay and Plymouth Harbor. At one time most of this peninsula was owned by the Standish family. This is the site of the original home Captain Myles Standish built in 1632. He died here in 1656, and his home burned to the ground around 1665. You can still see the cellar hole, marked by granite posts, with several commemorative markers. This property was deeded to the town of Duxbury around 1930. There have been several archaeological digs here at this site, the first in 1832 by Rev. Benjamin Kent, and more in recent years. The artifacts that were found in an 1856 excavation by James Hall are now in the collections of Pilgrim Hall Museum. Myles Standish was born about 1584 at an unknown location in England. He was married first to Rose (maiden name unknown), and then married second to Barbara (also maiden name unknown) who was the mother of seven children. He died on 3 October 1656 in Duxbury, and she died some time after 6 October 1659. Myles was the Captain and the leader of the Plymouth Colony military forces until his death. He also served in several civic leadership positions in the colony, such as assistant to the governor on 1 January 1632/3, treasurer in 1644, and deputy governor in 1653. He was considered the first English person to settle in what is now the town of Duxbury. Captain Standish was buried nearby in the Myles Standish Burial Ground also known as the Old Burying Ground, which also the final resting place of several other Mayflower passengers (George Soule, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins). Also on this peninsula is the Myles Standish Monument State Park, which a tower topped with a statue of Captain Standish. For a very interesting side trip, consider going to the nearby town of Halifax to see "Myles Standish's Boots", which were the only survivors of the granite statue of Captain Standish when his statue was hit by lightning in the 1800s (see the link HERE). For the truly curious: Myles Standish Park at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_Standish_Park "Myles Standish House Archeology", Pilgrim Hall Museum: https://www.pilgrimhall.org/standish-archeology/ My STANDISH lineage: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/surname-saturday-standish-of-mayflower.html Myles Standish Monument: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/05/not-so-wordless-wednesday-myles.html Myles Standish Burying Ground: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/04/tombstone-tuesday-myles-standish.html A recent visit to see Myles Standish's boots in Halifax, Massachusetts! https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/10/myles-standishs-boots-very-weird.html ----------------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The Myles Standish Homestead in Duxbury, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 20, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-myles-standish-homestead-in-duxbury.html #mylesstandish #captainmyles #massachusetts #duxbury #homestead #hallmuseum #pilgrimhall #ground #buryingground #october #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

My Revolutionary War Ancestors - George Fint of Reading, Massachusetts The George Flint House in North Reading, Mass. This is the 12th post I have written about a Revolutionary War veteran ancestor. George Flint, my 5th great grandfather, was the son of George Flint (b. 1686) and Jerusha Pope, born on 16 November 1728 in what is now the town of North Reading, Massachusetts. His mother, Jerusha, was the daughter of Joseph Pope and Bethshua Folger (the sister to Abiah Folger, Benjamin Franklin's mother). Joseph and Bethshua Pope were notorious witnesses in the 1692 Salem witch trials, and accused their neighbors John Proctor, Martha Corey, and Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft. On 13 November 1753 George Flint married Hannah Phelps in Andover, Massachusetts. Hannah is a "brickwall ancestor", and I have not been able to identify her parents or her ancestors. Phelps is a very common name in Andover, Massachusetts. George and Hannah had seven children between 1755 and 1770, including my 4th great grandmother, Phebe Flint, born on 8 March 1763 in North Reading. Phebe married her cousin, John Flint, who was the son of Jonathan Flint and Lydia Proctor. Jonathan Flint is the son of Mary Collston, also imprisoned for witchcraft along with her mother and grandmother. Lydia Proctor is the granddaughter of John Proctor, who was accused by the Pope (see the paragraph above) and hanged as a witch on 19 August 1692. This family tree is full of people who both survived and also died during the 1692 hysteria. George Flint served in the American Revolution as a Sargent. He first answered the Lexington Alarm under Colonel David Green in the 2nd Middlesex County Regiment. David Green is the great grandson of my ancestor Thomas Green of Malden, Massachusetts. He later served under Captains Amos Upton and John Flint (a cousin) in the 3rd Reading Company. George Flint died on 31 August 1808 in North Reading. His wife, Hannah, had died three years earlier on 5 May 1805. I have not been able to locate a gravestone or burial site for either George or Hannah Flint. He apparently died intestate. For the truly curious: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, by William Richard Cutter, Volume 1, page 267. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 16, page 226. Other blog posts about my Revolutionary War Ancestors: #1 Colonel Joshua Burnham of Milford, NH: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/02/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-colonel.html #2 Major Andrew Munroe of Lexington, MA: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-major.html #3 Jonathan Flint of Reading, Massachusetts: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-jonathan.html #4 Daniel Glover of Marblehead, Massachusetts: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-daniel.html #5 Levi Younger of Gloucester, Massachusetts: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-levi.html #6 Nathaniel Treadwell of Ipswich, Massachusetts: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-nathaniel.html #7 Captain Westley Burnham of Essex, Massachusetts: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-captain.html #8 Abner Poland, Sr. of Essex, Massachusetts https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/05/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-abner_02014071889.html #9 Abner Poland, Jr. of Essex, Massachusetts https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/05/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-abner_02014071889.html #10 Robert Wilson of Danvers, Massachusetts https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-robert.html #11 Amos Burnham of Ipswich, Massachusetts https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-revolutionary-war-ancestors-amos.html ------------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "My Revolutionary War Ancestors - George Fint of Reading, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 21, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/07/my-revolutionary-war-ancestors-george.html

Seventeen Years of the Nutfield Genealogy Blog Seventeen years ago I was writing short sketches on local history for a Londonderry website. I submitted the stories each month, and learned that I was part of something called a community "blog". It was easy to do, and I thought "I can do my own blog" and so I started Nutfield Genealogy on July 27th, 2009. The first story I wrote was about my long time brickwall ancestor project that started in the 1970s when I was in high school - all about my great grandmother's stories that we were related to a Queen in Hawaii. I remember being very nervous about pushing the publish button. The rest is history (pun intended). The first people to read my blog were my mother and other other family members. I remember being quite shocked to learn that complete strangers were reading and commenting on my blog posts. Who were these people? That experience was weird, but fun. And even more fun to learn that some of these strangers were distant cousins. Making cousin connections is still my favorite part of genealogy blogging. Years ago I joined the genealogy blogging community and made friends with genealogy bloggers from all over the USA and the world. It was fun to meet up with these people at genealogy workshops and genealogy conferences in New England, Salt Lake City, and all over. We currently still have communities on Facbook, Substack, Threads, and we used to have converstations on Twitter and Google+ (remember Twitter and G+?). My favorite genealogy blogging memories from before COVID are events held by the New England Genealogy Bloggers group that used to meet up once or twice a year. I miss those days. I've gone from posting about 25 times a month to just a few times a month. But I'm not stopping, and I'm still researching in the background. You might run across me at your favorite archive or library in New England, while I stil plug away at my family history after more than fifty years of research. It's a never ending story. Thank you for reading, commenting, and following Nutfield Genealogy! ------------------------------ For the Truly Curious: 17 years, first post was July 27, 2009 "Hawaii - the Boston connection to a royal lineage" https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/07/hawaii-boston-connection-to-royal.html 3,525 Blog posts and pages written and published 6913 Comments (I've noticed that comments are down in the past five years. I get maybe one or two comments each month. No idea why this trend is happening!) I've deleted an almost equal number of spammy comments, too. Most popular blog post "A Favorite Christmas Gift! You might want one, too!" published December 30, 2012 with over 250,000 reads https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-favorite-christmas-gift-you-might.html I have the links to five permanent pages (look up under the image at the top of this blog page to see the links) on my home page. The most popular page is the first one "Surnames from my Family Tree" https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/surnames-to-9-generations.html There are hundreds of surnames listed in two groups (my Paternal lineage and my Maternal lineage) with links to the "Surname Saturday" post for that surname. This page has received many hits and lots of email as folks make cousin connections. Take a peek and see if we have a common ancestor! All time number of page views as of 7:00 AM today (July 26, 2026): 8,891,947 ----------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Seventeen Years of the Nutfield Genealogy Blog", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 26, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/07/seventeen-years-of-nutfield-genealogy.html

"Our Lady Beneath the Chain" for Weathervane Wednesday Today's weathervane was photographed in Prague, Hungary. This Maltese Cross weathervane was photographed at the Our Lady Beneath the Chain church in the Malá Strana neighborhood of Prague in Hungary. It is very close to the Charles Bridge on Lazenska Street, and around the corner from the John Lennon Wall. This church was built betweeen 1158 and 1182 and was the headquarters for the Sorvereign Military Order of Malta. So the Maltese Cross weathervane is very appropriate. This church got it's strange name for the chain that was placed across the Vltava River (the Moldau) and boats had to pay a toll to the Knights of Malta. This church was once part of a large Gothic fortress. This church was one block from our hotel in Prague earlier this summer. We walked by it several times. It is a few blocks from the Church of Our Lady of Victories, which is also the Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague, another historic site. The Maltese cross is also the symbol of firefighters, the national symbol for Malta, and the crusaders. For the truly curious: Click here to see over 550 more weathervanes: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday ------------------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, " "Our Lady Beneath the Chain" for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 29, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/07/our-lady-beneath-chain-for-weathervane.html

Matthias Church on the Castle Hill in Budapest, Hungary for Weathervane Wednesday It is difficult to see in the photo below, but there are three weathervanes on the facade of the Matthias Church. Above the main door to the entrance there is a weathercock, and to the left are two banners. The rooster is a common weathervane above churches, ever since the 9th century Papal degree by Nicholas I stated that all churches display a rooster as a Christian symbol (acknowleging repentence for St. Peter's denial of Jesus three times before the cock crowed). The banner weathervanes were probably once painted with some sort of symbol or crest or royal standard. The Matthias Church is inside the Buda Castle complex above the city of Budapest, Hungary. This church dates back to 1015. The official name is the Coronation Church of Our Lady, and it was founded by St. Stephen, the first king of Hungary. There is a statue to St. Stephen next to the church. The name of the church doesn't refer to St. Matthias, but to King Matthias Corvinus the Fair, who expanded the church in the 15th century to include the featured weathervanes and facade. It was restored again the 19th century. The roof of the church is very colorful, and the peaks and towers all have finials, but only the two featured weathervanes on the front are true wind indicators. One of the more interesting finials atop a Matthias Church tower is the raven with a ring in its mouth (see above). It is not a weathervane. King Matthias has a legend that a raven once stole his golden ring. The raven was found and the ring returned to the king, and that raven became the symbol of the Hunyadi family, as an emblem of royal destiny and divine rule. You can see this symbol in several other places in Budapest, including the Beggar's gate. King Matthias was known as the "Raven King". Interior of the Matthias Church For the truly curious: The Buda Castle website: https://budacastlebudapest.com/matthias-church/ Matthias Church on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Church Click here to see over 550 other weathervanes featured at Weathervane Wednesday: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday -------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Matthias Church on the Castle Hill in Budapest, Hungary for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 5, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/08/matthias-church-on-castle-hill-in.html

The 136th Locke Family Association Reunion The Locke Family Association Center Cemetery, Rye, New Hampshire On August 25, 1891 the descendants of John Locke (1627 - 1696) of Rye, New Hampshire gathered in the town hall for a family reunion. The next day was the 195th anniversary of John Locke's death, and the meeting continued at the town hall to organize a permanent organization. This was the birth of the Locke Family Association, which continues to hold annual family reunions, even through war times. It is considered to be the oldest family association in the United States. Last week the Locke Family Association met again in Rye, Raymond, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire for the annual family reunion. We cruised Portsmouth Harbor in the gundalow "Piscataqua", held a family business meeting in the VFW hall in Raymond followed by a cookout lunch and catered barbecue dinner at Pawtuckaway State Park, and a Sunday trolley ride past historic and family sites in Portsmouth and Rye with our cousins. The gundalow "Piscataqua" in Portsmouth Harbor The Locke Family Association business meeting, new business, swearing in new officers, financial reports and more. At beautiful Pawtuckaway State Park we enjoyed an afternoon of burgers and hot dogs, lawn and board games, swapping family stories, a catered dinner, and no mosquitos! On Sunday we all enjoyed the trolley ride through Portsmouth and Rye, seeing historic sites and lots of Locke family homesteads and burial places. We ended the tour with the annual family photo at the Locke memorial in Central Cemetery. For the truly curious: The Locke Family Association website: https://www.lockefamilyassociation.org/ Locke Family Association on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lockefamilyassociation Other Locke related blog posts: An Indian without a nose https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/01/indian-without-nose.html also https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/07/john-locke-he-cut-off-indians-nose-with.html Surname Saturday - Locke of Rye, New Hampshire https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/05/surname-saturday-locke-of-rye-new.html 2021 Locke Family Reunion https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/08/2021-locke-family-reunion.html 2013 The 123rd Locke Family Reunion https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-123rd-locke-family-reunion-concord.html Locke Burial Ground, Rye, New Hampshire https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/07/tombstone-tuesday-locke-burial-ground.html My ancestor Richard Locke, buried in Chichester, New Hampshire https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/06/tombstone-tuesday-leavitt-cemetery.html ----------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The 136th Locke Family Association Reunion", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 8, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-136th-locke-family-association.html

Wachau Valley, Danube River, Austria for Weathervane Wednesday This weathercock is above the Durnstein Abbey, famous for the blue and white tower. The weathercock above the church is typical of European weathervanes, since the 9th century when there was a Papal decree for each church to feature a rooster in honor of St. Peter's denial of Christ three times before the cock crowed on Good Friday. The original chapel was built in 1372, and in the 15th century an Augustinian Abbey was founded here. In the 17th century it was renovated into this baroque style complex. This banner style weathervane is above a tower near the Danube and the town of Emmersdorf an der Donau. You can see the Emmersdorf Railway Viaduct (Bahnviadukt Emmersdorf) in the first photo. The tower is above the Rothenhof Castle. This castle dates from the 16th century, with 18th century renovations. It is open for events and as a hotel. The Wachau Valley of the Danube River runs 22 miles from Krem, just west of Vienna, to Melk, home of the famous Benedictine Abbey with the fantastic library. We cruised along this stretch of the river in May earlier this year, and photographed many villages, vineyards, castles, abbeys, and monuments. There were a few more weathervanes than these two, but they were too far away to zoom in with our cameras. One of the most interesting places we passed was Durnstein, where Richard the Lionheart was captured and imprisoned in a castle on top of a mountain in 1192. This monument marks the spot where Richard I "Lionheart" was captured on 20 December 1192 For the truly curious: Wachau Valley at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachau Click here to see over 550 more weathervanes featured on Weathervane Wednesday: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday --------------------- To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Wachau Valley, Danube River, Austria for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 12, 2026, ( : accessed [access date]). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/08/wachau-valley-danube-river-austria-for.html