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Happy Independence Day! Here is an old blog post about Matthew Thornton, the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to have lived in Nutfield, New Hampshire (born in Northern Ireland, lived in Derry, New Hampshire). https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/07/fourth-of-july-matthew-thornton-signer.html

Fourth of July - Matthew Thornton- Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Matthew Thornton's gravesite at Merrimack, NH Fifteen or twenty years ago, when my daughter was in elementary school, we visited Philad...

Heather Wilkinson Rojo 5d ago

George Takei

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You’re right, Ms. Luna. It shouldn’t have to be said because it isn’t a thing.

Heather Wilkinson Rojo 6d ago

Flipboard Culture Desk 6d ago

JD Vance says he's "a Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart," but Irish people won't claim him. According to Defector, The Times of London uncovered private emails from Northern Irish government officials "admitting the fact-checking expedition they'd commissioned into Vance's ethnic identity had 'run into the proverbial brick wall' trying to prove the veep's actual ethnicity was as he'd said." Here's more.

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#JDVance #Genealogy #Ireland #NorthernIreland #USPolitics

Is JD Vance Irish? Be Careful Who You Ask | Defector

Only a few years ago, JD Vance was boasting about his immigrant roots. “To understand me, you must understand that I am a Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart,” Vance wrote in Hillbilly Elegy, the 2016 book that launched him into the public consciousness. Given that he leveraged the success of that bestseller and the movie it […]

Heather Wilkinson Rojo 6d ago

We recently visited The Netherlands, and saw a few places where my ancestors lived. One was the town of Dordrecht. Read the blog post and and learn the funny story behind why this was a mystery and brickwall to my genealogy research for so long! https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/an-ancestral-city-dordrecht-netherlands.html

Heather Wilkinson Rojo Jul 1

Indivisible ❌👑Jul 1

Republicans want to rip healthcare away from 17 million Americans with Trump’s Tax Scam.

Heather Wilkinson Rojo Jun 28

Definition of "trump" to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate.

"Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him." https://www.dictionary.com/browse/trump

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo Jun 28

"Censorship is telling a man he can't eat steak just because a baby can't chew it" Mark Twain

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Bongolian Jun 21

#Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’. When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

"Firings, resignations and attempts to ‘dilute and delay’ research"

#slavery #history #genealogy
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/21/harvard-slavery-decendants-of-the-enslaved

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

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Brewster Kahle Jun 20

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George Washington Morrison Nutt (aka Commodore Nutt)

Born 1 Apr 1848 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Died 25 May 1881 at age 33 in New York, New York, USA

See: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nutt-601

#history #ushistory #genealogy

George Washington Morrison Nutt (1848-1881) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for George Nutt born 1848 Manchester, New Hampshire, USA died 1881 New York, New York, USA including ancestors + 3 photos + more in the free family tree community.