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March 2022
Billy Blue by Cassandra Pybus.
The remarkable life of William Blue who was probably born into slavery in colonial New York about 1737 and who died a much-celebrated founding figure in the colony of New Wales. A possible connection to the early Blauws is discussed.
March 2022
The John Blaw Gravesite: Redux
Re-visiting the question of which John Blaw is buried on Hollow Road near Blawenburg NJ
February 2022
The Wandering Blaws
Check out Ted Blew's essay documenting the migrations of the early Dutch Blaw families from New Jersey into [West] Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania.
February 2022
Obituary Addition:
James Wallace Irwin
Former NBFA Director
1938-2022
Blue-Mecum History
'John and Cora (Mecum) Blue Family Brief History', an excellent account written by Wayne Ullman in February 2021, follows this family from its origins in Pennsylvania to Illinois and beyond.
February 2021
April 2020
Book suggestion from Nancy Wade
Hanging Rock Rebel
Lt. John Blue's War in West Virgina & the Shenandoah Valley
by John Monroe Blue (Author)
Dan Oates (Editor)
available from amazon
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