Last Friday, I took the 3+ hour trip to New Hampshire to meet and do some genealogy with my new found cousin, Lynn McManus from Vermont. Great lady! Loves genealogy as much as I do and she helped me regain my zest for more information on the Knapp side of the family. Lynn showed me (my 6th great grandfather) Peter Knap, Sr.'s headstone AND footstone - at the Hanover Cemetery in Hanover Center, NH. what a great site! He was born in 1741 and died in 1804.

I also visited my 3rd great grandparents' headstones (Nancy Knapp and Cyrus Camp) as well as the headstones of my 4th great grandparents - Theoda Bridgman and David Camp.

After a quick visit of the cemetery we went on to do genealogy at Dartmouth College Rauner Library in Hanover. Beautiful building and the people there are very help and accommodating! I was able to view and actually READ the ORIGINAL 3 page letter from Peter Knap, Jr (my 5th great grandfather) to his daughter, Polly and her husband, Nathaniel Chamberlin. That's the most exciting piece of genealogy I've come across in a LONG time.

In addition to several other documents and information, I had them copy the Gilman Dubois Frost, MD's Collection of Hanover Genealogical Records on the Camp family.

The day went by so quickly and Lynn and I parted ways - she back to VT and me back to NY. We email info regularly back and forth - sharing what we find. Hopefully, our next trip will be to Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA. I would love to visit and research in Rehoboth, Taunton, etc. as well as perhaps make a trip to Fall River where my grandfather, Ovila Beland was born and raised.