Campbells At Lochtayside

 Library of Scotland

John Campbell of Achallader, Page 27

Page 40: Miltown of Lawers - "This possessed by Col: Campbell's widow.

Catrine Campbell, Page 41

Loch Tay, Scotland (Google Maps)

Crapo Land In Genesee County, Michigan

Source: LOC 

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"Governor Crapo purchased the 2,200 acres that comprise the Crapo farm back in 1860. At that time he was preaching the value of swamp lands to all the farmers in Michigan. It was his contention that low lands, properly drained, would become extremely valuable in time and would constitute as a grazing and breeding ground for herds. And backing up his stand the governor purchased the Crapo farm... ."

Map With Swartz Creek And Crapo Land (Gaines Township, Genesee County, Michigan) LOC

Fort Malden Park's Archives

Archives:

Fort Malden, Ontario, Canada On Google Maps

Brave Acton Men

The Seat Of War Map Held At The Library Of Congress

From The battle of April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville, and Charlestown, Massachusetts by Frank Warren Coburn:

Down the easterly slope of Fiske Hill stands a modest little farmhouse, on the southerly side of the road. It was then the home of Benjamin Fiske. The entire family had fled, and the stragglers from the British columns entered for pillage. One in his greed stayed too long. Brave James Hayward of Acton, willing to fight though exempt from military service because of a partially dismembered foot, met him at the door, laden with booty. The Briton recognized in Hayward an enemy, and raising his
gun, exclaimed,

"You are a dead man!"

"And so are you," responded Hayward as he raised his gun also. Both fired — both fell, the British instantly killed and Hayward mortally wounded, the ball piercing his bullet-pouch and entering his side. He lived eight hours and was conscious to the last. Calling for his powder horn and bullet-pouch, he remarked that he started with one pound of powder and forty bullets. A very little powder and two or three balls were all that were left.

"You see what I have been about," he exclaimed, calling attention to the slight remainder. "I am not sorry; I die willingly for my country, ". And so Concord and Lexington, too, reverently treasure the memory of brave Acton men, whose life blood stained the soil of each.

The "Historical Disgression" blog post entitled "Schoolmaster James Hayward and the Battle Road," has additional information about Mr. Hayward.

Fiske Hill Pinpointed On Google Map

Sailed For Black Creek

A diary entry found in the Historical Magazine printed the Diary of the Indian campaign in Florida of 1837-8, written by Capt. Electus Backus, U.S.A.

He sailed for Black Creek on the 18th [December 1837] in the steamer Florida and arrived there four days later.

Black Creek On Google Maps

Black Creek, the supplier depot:

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Thomas Bandy Residence Near Crossville

Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, (Google eBook), R.L. Polk & Company, 1876:

Bandy, Thomas  wagonmaker

A Little Bit Of Art

From the Google Art Project::

Astronomical-clock

Linking Text In A Spreadsheet Cell

I have found the following tip from Google helpful in organizing data:

Linked Text In A Cell is what was used in the "Evidence" category shown below.  On the Cameron, Duncan Timeline, death records, including Duncan Cameron's death record found at SeekingMichigan.org, was embedded using the following formula:  =hyperlink("url";"text")  with the text "Death Record" shown.

On other Google spreadsheets I've linked whole blog posts in the same manner.

Screenshot of Google Spreadsheet

Note: (Duncan Cameron is my great-great grandfather who has his own category on my Cameron Collections blog).

Connecting The Past With The Future

Note:  See my mini-slide show (only two slides; it was my first attempt at Google Presentations) below.

"It is wise for us to recur to the history of our ancestors.

Those who are regardless of their ancestors, and of their posterity, who do not look upon themselves as a link connecting the past with the future in the transmission of life from their ancestors to their posterity,do not perform their duty to the world.

To be faithful to ourselves we must keep our ancestors and posterity within reach and grasp of our thoughts and affections.

Living in the memory and retrospect of the past, and hoping with affection and care for those who are to come after us, we are true to ourselves only when we act with becoming pride for the blood we inherit, and which we are to transmit to those who shall fill our places." (Daniel Webster.) [Source]