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The William Christopher Hyde family reunion is coming up on October 12th, 2024 and the link to the page is here. Thomas Hyde and Elizabeth Bishop of Annapolis, the current query, will be out as soon as you see the link appear on this page. Usually I don’t send out such frequent updates, but there’s […]

New work up from Lisa Hyde Roach and Edwin Hyde, on William Hyde 1775 – 1843 here * This William Hyde is likely a descendant of William Hyde, (d 1748) of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The latter is the subject of a large upcoming paper. Lisa’s remarkable work uncovered the connection that broke down Ed Hyde’s […]

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Sorry for the long absence. Things have settled down and I’ll be answering queries starting tomorrow. It seems I have to go quite far back, but everyone will get answers, or at least, a few solid suggestions. In the meantime, genealogist Lisa Hyde Roach has done amazing work tracking down Richard Hide (b 1611) and […]

It’s time for our semi-annual blog post, and apparently we got mentioned on an Ancestry group, so greetings to all the new people who’ve signed up! Except, it’s not really a blog. I post almost never. All the action happens in the comments, and every so often I pop in and remind people to check […]

Every time I get a notification from our site, I want to respond, but I have to budget my time these days. My family is for the most part well and I’m in a place where I’m able to start doing genealogy again, so here goes. The substance of this site is in the comments, […]

As you know, we almost never do blog posts. I’m still agonizingly close to finishing Humphrey, however, my husband got into a scooter accident the day before Memorial Day and ended up in UM Baltimore Shock Trauma. This is a world-class teaching hospital and the people are wonderful. He’s okay, but needs a lot of […]