Challenge of Blogging – Part 4 Your Audience

The Challenge of Blogging – Who is your audience? The power of social media is the ability to create that…

A Small Stream – natural sights and sounds

Fire and Wood Don’t Mix – Early Hamilton Wooden Churches

In years before Hamilton became a city, fire was a constant danger and resulted in the loss of many early…

Rare Today, Common Then – Hamilton Wooden Churches

Prior to the late 1840s and early 1850s, almost all buildings were constructed of wood. Allan MacNab’s Dundurn Castle (1833-35)…

Hamilton cemeteries in the age of wooden churches

When we look at today’s historic churches, we are often looking at a later building that is much larger than…

Art Post 48

The Age of Wooden Churches

The Age of Wooden Churches By the 1820s and early 1830s, the several communities of faith became large enough to…

Challenge of Blogging – Part 3

Challenge of Blogging – Part Three The biggest challenge to blogging is feeding the beast. Just remember, we are not…

The Private Cemetery of the George Hamilton?

Another example of a possible family cemetery is that of Dr. William Case 1776-1848). Dr. Case was Hamilton’s first Doctor…

A lost Grave

On Thursday, I wrote that a grave is a statement about place and family. Another example is the lost grave…