(ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 12/31/2020) First, I hope everyone had a good Christmas, I want to thank everybody who has purchased my framed prints, your support is greatly appreciated. The amount of orders has kept me very busy, so I haven’t been able to write many posts/articles lately. However, I want to share this before the … More 400 YEARS AGO – YEAR 1620 – FIRST RECORDED EUROPEAN CONTACT WITH LOCAL NATIVES IN WHAT WOULD BECOME SOMERSET COUNTY, MD

Crab Boats Offloading: This photo was taken c.1920 at S.10th St., Crisfield, MD, where the Steven Thomas of Tangier Island Cruises from Crisfield docks. This same scene can still be found today, just a few feet away, when boats offload at Independent Crab Company, Inc., the business of Matt Riggin. The boats pictured are Log … More EVENT ‘The Watermen’s Story’ 10/24/2020

This photo was taken Downtown Crisfield, it’s now the corner of W. Main & 11th St. While the date at the top of the bldg says 1883, there was another one constructed in this exact location more than 15 years years prior when the entire area was still water & the train rode on an … More The Alpha Building – Crisfield, MD

Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 10 AM – 12 PM Somerset Avenue & Chesapeake Ave, Crisfield, MD 21817 I wanted to make do something special for my first tour back, and I think this one will be just that!!! There are over 1,000 bodies interred in the Crisfield Cemetery, and each one has a special story. … More Crisfield Cemetery Tour

THE TYLER FAMILY OF SMITH ISLAND, MARYLAND:  This bloodline dates back over 350 years & is still going strong.  In 2018 Dr. Lloyd Tyler asked me to do his genealogy & help him get one of his ancestors, David Tyler (c.1756-1823), recognized as a Revolutionary War Veteran.  After an almost 2 year process I’m delighted … More The Tyler Family of Smith Island, Maryland

One reason why lower Somerset County Maryland is such a close-knit community is because the majority of its current citizens are descended from a few dozen families dating back centuries. In the early 1660’s, the Maryland Colony began to establish itself on the lower Eastern Shore and to form a boundary with Virginia, Cecil Calvert … More From the Revolutionary War to Boomtown – The Story of the Nelson Family