Watch Tower History

A doctor's visit resulted in a quick trip to the hospital for surgery. So, if there are unresolved questions on the blog, or you've ...

(reprinted) This adds nothing to truth history really, but solves a little mystery. Who was Mary Jane Russell? The Allegheny cemet...

Another researcher is seeking a copy of The Divine Plan of the Ages in Mandarin. Can you help?

(reprinted and revised version) A casual visitor to Brecon in South Wales, UK, might be tempted to visit the Brecon Cathedral, parts o...

Her handwriting seems to have gotten worse the longer she wrote. Can we interpret this one? Click on the image to see entire.

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I think I have a headache from working on this bit. Can you translate it? Click on the image to view the entire scan.

Can you "translate" this? Click to view the entire image.

(expanded slightly from a blog comment) ("Mrs Nobles took an ax...") In summer 1895 Maria became involved in ...

Corrections? I can't leave this up many days because of undertakings with the archive that owns it. The date is uncertain. Can anyone ca...

click to view entire scan. My thanks to everyone who's worked on this.

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Rachael de Vienne November 24, 1977 – March 18, 2019 Rachael died this evening. She complained of dizziness and a headache after d...

Undertakings, Obligations and a Historian’s Ethics.             Several have asked about the fragments of letters I’ve posted to the...

Sorry, but my old eyes do not work as well as they once did. Can we transcribe this? Anyone? Same letter as before. The pages are mixed up. ...

 

  As a long time family historian and amateur genealogist it was logical for me to try and find out more about CTR’s family. A starting p...

but not all of it. Can you transcribe it? [click on the image to view entire document.]

Fifteen issues at a moderate price. New to us.

Can you add to this story?   The Church in Mariah’s House               There are several points in our narrative wh...