Watch Tower History

From the back page of the January 1905 Solon Society Journal. Henry Weber from Oakland, Maryland (recently deceased at this time) an...

Please remember to recomend our books to your friends. We pay most of our research costs from the sale of our books. Original research is e...

Research turns up unexpected things. We now know that W. I. Mann and W. H. Conley had a direct business connection. It's not an earth-sh...

by Jerome This article is expanded from material that first appeared on Blog 2. Its main purpose is to show photographs of headstones fo...

We are suspending work on A. D. Jones while waiting for some photocopies. In the interim we'll move on to Conley. If  you have relevant ...

Sales from Amazon show up slowly. Amazon is slow to pay, pays poorly, and, frankly, I detest their staff. This has become a deeply persona...

Bruce can't answer your emails. He's ill and confined to bed. His youngest daughter and I are trying to take care of his affairs unt...

by Bernhard Henry Weber has a special place in Watch Tower history. He was a director of the WTBTS from 11 April 1892 until his dea...

Photograph by James Holroyd - albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s - 3 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. (89 mm x 57 mm) image size - Transferred from Vict...

An article by Jerome appears on the private blog. We haven't used it much and you may not check it often. If you are a member of the inv...

Blog readership has increased, and most visitors spend some considerable time reading older posts. This is a significant improvement. We...

The New York Times, for Saturday, February 17, 1906, page 106, had a section entitled Queries, where readers could enquire about the so...

by Jerome Acknowledgement is given to Rachael and Miquel who supplied information that has been incorporated into this article, and also...

Roberto put the book cover images up for us. Super thanks for that! Roberto's blog is here: http://theocratichistory.blogspot.it/

This letter appeared in the June 11, 1894, special issue of Zion’s Watch Tower:   New York. DEAR BRO. AND SISTER RUSSELL:   I ...

Arthur Prince Adams’ memorial is in the Rhinebeck cemetery, Dutchess County, New York.   The photograph is reproduced by kind permissio...