Heather Wilkinson Rojo
@heatherrojo.bsky.social
Genealogy blogger https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/ Genealogist, past Governor of the New Hampshire Mayflower Society, past president of the Londonderry, NH Historical Society, weathervanes, Lego, Girl Scout leader, grandmother, butler to two cats
Merry Christmas! This is my most popular genealogy blog post, about making a permanent gift out of your ancestor's handwriting. I love my cutting board with my Mom's hand written favorite Christmas recipe. Does this give you an idea for a similar gift? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-fa...
A Favorite Christmas Gift! You might want one, too!
I received a lot of lovely gifts this Christmas, and I love them all. This was one I just had to share since it is such wonderful present f...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Merry Christmas! This is my most popular genealogy blog post, about making a permanent gift out of your ancestor's handwriting. I love my cutting board with my Mom's hand written favorite Christmas recipe. Does this give you an idea for a similar gift? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-fa...
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When the GOP wasn't evil.
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When the GOP wasn't evil.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better.
December 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better.
Before Little League and before school baseball teams, neighborhoods organized their own baseball teams and tournaments. Did someone in your family tree participate in these types of games? Do you have a similar photo? #genealogy #baseball nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/neig...
Neighborhood Baseball 1949
Last week I wrote a post about returning to Beverly, Massachusetts for a Veteran's Day celebration to rededicate Healy Square for my ancesto...
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December 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Before Little League and before school baseball teams, neighborhoods organized their own baseball teams and tournaments. Did someone in your family tree participate in these types of games? Do you have a similar photo? #genealogy #baseball nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/neig...
Most have a variety of vintage photos taken at Christmas time. This one is my Mom and all her siblings around the Christmas tree about 1950. Do you have similar group photos in your collections? Can you identify everyone in the pictures? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/12/merr... #genealogy
Merry Christmas, Hamilton, Massachusetts, 1950
Merry Christmas! Here is my mother and her family at Christmas around 1950 at my grandparents home on Roosevelt Avenue in Hamilton, Massachu...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Most have a variety of vintage photos taken at Christmas time. This one is my Mom and all her siblings around the Christmas tree about 1950. Do you have similar group photos in your collections? Can you identify everyone in the pictures? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/12/merr... #genealogy
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Merry Christmas and a belated Weathervane Wednesday. If you live in New England you might recognize this weathervane. These Christmas Tree Shop stores all closed a few years ago, but this weathervane in Nashua, New Hampshire can still be seen. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/12/weat...
Weathervane Wednesday ~ Merry Christmas!
Every Wednesday for more than two years I've been posting photographs of weather vanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the former name...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Merry Christmas and a belated Weathervane Wednesday. If you live in New England you might recognize this weathervane. These Christmas Tree Shop stores all closed a few years ago, but this weathervane in Nashua, New Hampshire can still be seen. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/12/weat...
Today is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Do you know if your ancestor participated in the Boston Tea Party? Do you know why it is so hard to find out the names of participants? #genealogy nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/bost...
Boston Tea Party ~ 16 December 1773
The newly re-opened Boston Tea Party Museum The Boston Tea Party took place on 16 December 1773, and was an act of violence and tre...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Do you know if your ancestor participated in the Boston Tea Party? Do you know why it is so hard to find out the names of participants? #genealogy nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/bost...
Today I'm sharing a Christmas poem, written by poet Robert Frost. He wrote this poem in Derry and Franconia, New Hampshire in a book called "Mountain Interval", which also contained "The Road Not Taken" and "Birches", which are more well known. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/12/chri...
Christmas Trees
The Robert Frost Farm Derry, New Hampshire Merry Christmas to my readers, from New Hampshire! Christmas Trees a poem by Robert Frost ...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today I'm sharing a Christmas poem, written by poet Robert Frost. He wrote this poem in Derry and Franconia, New Hampshire in a book called "Mountain Interval", which also contained "The Road Not Taken" and "Birches", which are more well known. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/12/chri...
Reposted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo
How did the Puritans celebrate Christmas in New England? Did this influence our holiday celebrations today? From the Nutfield Genealogy blog - nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-...
The Puritans and Christmas
On the first Christmas in the New World, 25 December 1620, the Mayflower passengers stranded in Plymouth, Massachusetts spent the day workin...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How did the Puritans celebrate Christmas in New England? Did this influence our holiday celebrations today? From the Nutfield Genealogy blog - nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-...
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This is one of my favorite stories from my family tree - the first Christmas tree in Hawaii. Do you have a favorite Christmas story you have uncovered from previous generations? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/12/adve...
Christmas in Hawai'i 1858
A recent Christmas Tree at Washington Place, Honolulu My great aunt (sister to my 4x great grandmother) was Mary Lambert Jones. She was...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is one of my favorite stories from my family tree - the first Christmas tree in Hawaii. Do you have a favorite Christmas story you have uncovered from previous generations? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/12/adve...
Reposted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo
How did the early settlers at Nutfield, New Hampshire celebrate Christmas? Or did they not celebrate at all, like the rest of New England? They were Scots Irish, not Puritans, so did that make a difference? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-...
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How did the early settlers at Nutfield, New Hampshire celebrate Christmas? Or did they not celebrate at all, like the rest of New England? They were Scots Irish, not Puritans, so did that make a difference? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-...
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Have you read this tiny little book (only 45 pages)? It describes the first Christmas of the Mayflower passengers in 1620. It wasn't exactly a big celebration. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...
The First Christmas of New England by Harriet Beecher Stowe
This little, hardcover book of just 45 pages was written by Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896). The First Chri...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Have you read this tiny little book (only 45 pages)? It describes the first Christmas of the Mayflower passengers in 1620. It wasn't exactly a big celebration. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...
Reposted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Did you catch the recent PBS documentary on the life of entertainer Dick Van Dyke? I learned that I'm related to him through several Mayflower passengers. Do you have a cousin connection to Dick Van Dyke, too? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/12/happ...
Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke! Did you know he was a Mayflower Descendant?
Dick Van Dyke 1964 We recently watched the PBS production of American Masters “Starring Dick Van Dyke” which aired on 12 December 2025 to...
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December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Did you catch the recent PBS documentary on the life of entertainer Dick Van Dyke? I learned that I'm related to him through several Mayflower passengers. Do you have a cousin connection to Dick Van Dyke, too? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/12/happ...
Did you catch the recent PBS documentary on the life of entertainer Dick Van Dyke? I learned that I'm related to him through several Mayflower passengers. Do you have a cousin connection to Dick Van Dyke, too? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/12/happ...
Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke! Did you know he was a Mayflower Descendant?
Dick Van Dyke 1964 We recently watched the PBS production of American Masters “Starring Dick Van Dyke” which aired on 12 December 2025 to...
nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Did you catch the recent PBS documentary on the life of entertainer Dick Van Dyke? I learned that I'm related to him through several Mayflower passengers. Do you have a cousin connection to Dick Van Dyke, too? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/12/happ...
Have you read this tiny little book (only 45 pages)? It describes the first Christmas of the Mayflower passengers in 1620. It wasn't exactly a big celebration. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...
The First Christmas of New England by Harriet Beecher Stowe
This little, hardcover book of just 45 pages was written by Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896). The First Chri...
nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Have you read this tiny little book (only 45 pages)? It describes the first Christmas of the Mayflower passengers in 1620. It wasn't exactly a big celebration. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...
It's Weathervane Wednesday! Today's Man in the Moon weathervane was photographed in the children's garden at the Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Man in the Moon for Weathervane Wednesday
Today's weathervane was spotted in Boothbay, Maine at the Maine Botanical Garden. This little moon weathervane was seen over a cupola over ...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's Weathervane Wednesday! Today's Man in the Moon weathervane was photographed in the children's garden at the Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
History moment for today
Digging for details about Henry Knox’s early years and once again realizing that the standard story is based not on primary sources but on each biographer repeating unsourced statements from the preceding ones with just a little more certainty.
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
History moment for today
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Was one of your #Connecticut ancestors "warned out"? (I've never actually seen records of it happening and am curious!)
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Did Connecticut warn out?
If you’ve studied colonial New England genealogy, you’ve probably heard about the practice of “warning out”. “Warning out” was a practice in which the town’…
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December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Was one of your #Connecticut ancestors "warned out"? (I've never actually seen records of it happening and am curious!)
connecticutroots.org/2023/03/02/d... #genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
connecticutroots.org/2023/03/02/d... #genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
How did the early settlers at Nutfield, New Hampshire celebrate Christmas? Or did they not celebrate at all, like the rest of New England? They were Scots Irish, not Puritans, so did that make a difference? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-...
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How did the early settlers at Nutfield, New Hampshire celebrate Christmas? Or did they not celebrate at all, like the rest of New England? They were Scots Irish, not Puritans, so did that make a difference? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-...
It's Weathervane Wednesday! Here's a very intricately detailed sailboat we spotted in Boothbay, Maine. It's a very appropriate choice for the area, and it sits above the Boothbay town offices. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sa...
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It's Weathervane Wednesday! Here's a very intricately detailed sailboat we spotted in Boothbay, Maine. It's a very appropriate choice for the area, and it sits above the Boothbay town offices. nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sa...
History quote of the day
“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists." ― Franklin D. Roosevelt ― April 21, 1938
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
History quote of the day
This is one of my favorite stories from my family tree - the first Christmas tree in Hawaii. Do you have a favorite Christmas story you have uncovered from previous generations? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/12/adve...
Christmas in Hawai'i 1858
A recent Christmas Tree at Washington Place, Honolulu My great aunt (sister to my 4x great grandmother) was Mary Lambert Jones. She was...
nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is one of my favorite stories from my family tree - the first Christmas tree in Hawaii. Do you have a favorite Christmas story you have uncovered from previous generations? nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/12/adve...