Tag Archives: Deerfield

This week’s crème de la crème — April 27, 2024

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsBeginner’s Guide: Finding Ontario Civil Death Registrations [Update] by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Intro to German Genealogy: Practical Tips for Family History Research by Beccy Martin on Legacy Tree … Continue reading →

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1704 Deerfield raid to be commemorated this weekend

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Gail Dever

Before dawn on February 29, 1704, about 300 French and Native allies raided the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 47 villagers and capturing 112 men, women and children. The captives were forced to march 480 kilometres (300 miles) to … Continue reading →

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Three-part series about the Deerfield captives

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Gail Dever

Further to yesterday’s post about a new novel based on the 1704 Rail on Deerfield, Diane Sheppard posted a comment on the Genealogy à la carte Facebook group that a three-part series of articles she wrote, called A Tribute to … Continue reading →

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New novel inspired by 1704 Raid on Deerfield

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Gail Dever

It seems that half of my genealogy friends have an ancestor who was among the settlers taken captive during the 1704 Raid on Deerfield in Massachusetts and marched to what would become Quebec — and the others have heard the … Continue reading →

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