Category: Judkins Family Stories

A New Project – The Judkins and the Coburns

Welcome back to this space, loves! So, it’s obviously been a while since I posted on here about anything genealogically related. As anyone will attest, life sometimes steers us more than we steer it. Now that I’ve been able to take the reins back, I’m working on a few different projects. One of the most

Transcribing a Gold Mine

When I first started looking into the Judkins side of my family, I realized that a lot of the family members were from Weld, so, naturally, I stared looking for the vital record for Weld, Maine, online. They were there, but they weren’t tagged, transcribed, or quickly searchable by any means. I decided if I

Ancestors in the Revolutionary War

The 4th of July is upon us once again! A time when many start thinking about the actions of those who helped form this country. Research regarding soldiers of the Revolutionary War is akin to traveling through the woods by bread-crumb trail – the pieces are few, far away from one another, and sometimes are

The Judkins Brothers

Growing up I always had a love for learning about the Civil War. It was an insatiable thirst which had no tangible reason to exist. Maybe it was because it was a war that held so much promise to bring our nation even closer together, to create a more just and stable union, a country