Watch Tower History

When many willing hands help locate a document: Dear B. W. Schulz: Prior to 1985 the Archives of the Episcopal Church was managed by the His...

Food for Thinking Christians reached Liberia by 1884. By 1885 there was a small group and by 1888 they had formally organized a congregation...

Song 27: Originally titled "Children of the Heavenly King," but retitled Always Rejoicing. Written by John Cennick in 1742. Listen...

Song 23, Original title was Blessed be the Tie that Binds but retitled Christian Fellowship. Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0a...

I'm up and arround in a limited way. We're still resolving some personal issues, but my computer should be back and healthy sometime...

Bruce is doing some better. Unfortunately, uncle Bruce and aunt Shirley have continuing problems. Their car died. Bruce's computer crash...

I'm answering a private email in a public forum. I've deleted personal references but retained most of the body of the email. The qu...

We're researching Caleb Crandell. The only place he is mentioned in connection with Watch Tower history is in a Yearbook article. We lac...

Nelson Barbour: The Millennium's Forgotten Prophet can be purchased here: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/nelson-barbour-the...

Charles Strand was Captain of the S.S. Centennial. See the chapter below

A request for a German language tract “setting forth the glad tidings” was sent to Russell in late 1882 and it appears in the December Watch...

Consider this a continuation of my earlier “editorializing.” This is really not an editorial, of course. It’s a series of more or less disjo...

This is a comment from an earlier post: "More on Philadelphia - Russell had a store at the exposition in 1876 in Philadelphia, was like...

Anyone pin this down to C. T. Russell? The Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, Saturday, 17 Sep 1881, p. 14 Advent Christian Church, No. 91 South Gre...

Keith is in these two photos. We haven't identified which of these people he is yet. That may not be possible. But ... he is in these ph...

Strand Was Master of the Steam Ship Centennial Charles Strand was born in Norway. There are two immigration dates. It may be that he arrived...

I need help identifying Charles A. Strand. Strand was a Norwegian immigrant who was in New Orleans by the mid 1880's. He may have lived ...

As long as I’ve been ‘editorializing’ lately, I might as well continue. What passes as Watch Tower history seldom makes an attempt to connec...

James E. Anger Ontario. DEAR BROTHER AND SISTER RUSSELL:--I have been intending for some time to write you, but hitherto have had nothing n...

Author of Millennial Dawn C. T. Russell to Speak in Scranton Next Wednesday Night The Scranton, Pennsylvania, Tribune May 1, 1897 Scranton r...

Gilbert Love, "It Started Here" [Jehovah's Witnesses], Pittsburgh Press, 14 November 1958. George Swetnam, "Pastor Russe...

Thanks in part to two very kind and helpful interested parties, we're making progress with two chapters on Russell's early years. We...

Calling me at home to "discuss" my book is a no-no. This blog exists as a forum for you to ask your questions and make your commen...

This is the photo mentioned below. This is the best quality I have. Can anyone do better? Bits of things have come our way, some the result...

Some of those who read this blog do not seem to understand how history is researched and written. Some explanations may help. Research is gu...