Autism: Small Ways Parishes Can Hugely Assist Families

This is a topic important me...and not just for autism reasons; ADD, ADHD, and the like also need support and accommodations.



Autism: Small Ways Parishes Can Hugely Assist Families

Cajun Cottage Under the Oaks: Advent Goodies and Preparations and a Giveaway

Cajun Cottage Under the Oaks: Advent Goodies and Preparations and a Giveaway:    Word has it that the ever popular Shower of Roses blog is having a sleighful of giveaways this week . You don

Shower of Roses: New Christmas Books for the Feast of St. Nicholas ...

Shower of Roses: New Christmas Books for the Feast of St. Nicholas ...: Every year  on December 6th , the feast of St. Nicholas, our children wake up to find their shoes or slippers filled with treats and cho...

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come - Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Cambridge Latin Course Unit 2 (Stages 13-20)

I'm very impressed with how well these are done. They are a great support to our Latin program, as we are deep into unit 2 Cambridge.

Who Will Rescue the Lost Sheep of the Lonely Revolution? - Crisis Magazine

Who Will Rescue the Lost Sheep of the Lonely Revolution? - Crisis Magazine

Boys, Porn and Education - Crisis Magazine

Very frightening, but such words of truth



Boys, Porn and Education - Crisis Magazine

When You Discover You're Related to a Mayflower Traveler

Yes, and it happened.  One night while dabbling in genealogy, my usual pass time these days...I followed my mother's father's paternal line along the surname of Doty.  It was not interesting in the least bit, in fact, I was half paying attention to each new little "hint" leaf that would appear as I went from Doty father, to Doty father, until suddenly .....

....Edward "Mayflower Compact" Doty....appeared.  What?  I read further and did a few double-takes.  I don't think so.  No, really, it's not likely.  I mean, really?  A Mayflower passenger?  A resident of Plymouth colony?  Whoa.  No way.

...well, like my daughter would say:  way!  It was true.  As I researched more closely, I discovered, without a doubt, my mother's 8th great grandfather indeed traveled to Plymouth (rock) Massachusetts on the Mayflower voyage, at the age of 21.  He was an indentured servant to another party on board.  And the rest is history, literally.  He survived, married, had nine or more children, may have been married three times, some details aren't as clear.  But his arrival in Nov of 1620 on the Mayflower is absolutely clear and well-documented.  Edward Doty signed the Mayflower Compact; his signature appears on the last column, second to the bottom.

What's particularly interesting to me, is that now I can trace and see sons of the American Revolution.  Doty's (Doughty/Doughtie) were definitely a part of the revolution.  I'm seeing documents popping up everywhere within my genealogy resources.

Edward Doty's memorial appears here at Find a Grave, if you 'd like to read more about him, and others that traveled on the Mayflower to Plymouth.

Find A Grave Edward Cameron Doty