Of George Winfield Garthwait, Civil War Veteran, 4th Great-Grandfather to my Cousins, via Frank and Amy Baldwin

It's time for another Blog Post, and since Memorial Day is coming up very soon, I will consider this to be a "Memorial Day Special", insofar as that may be appropriate, given what Memorial Day is for, which is, to say, remembrance, specifically, of Veterans, and their service. To that end, the following write-up concerns a veteran in the family whom I've heard vaguely about for many years, and having done research on him finally, will try to put the information forward as accurately as I can..

Baldwin Landing at Ticonderoga - Part 2: Boat Stalkers

Hello everyone, what follows is an unpublished entry from 2018. I thought it would be a fun read, and it goes into my trip to Baldwin Landing (it's been so long already?!) I will present the writing as-is, add in a few pictures stolen from official sources, and follow up on it.

 

The video store "Video King" has (naturally) long since closed. I remember buying a DVD of Burger Cop there, and it was such a poorly made DVD that it was unwatchable. However, given the recent 'Hong Kong Cinema Classics' releases, there is a chance that it may see the light of day in a more watchable format fairly soon. It was also the last trip my grandmother would make to Lake George with us, on the year of a special anniversary of one of the boats. She got to see it one last time though, with both of her grandchildren and all of her great-grandchildren and the rest of us.

 

Not a bad way to go out. 

Greetings from 2026! I'm still alive!

Hello everyone! Back in 2017 I made this blog and updated it a little bit in 2018 and then Covid hit in 2019... Apologies to those who have contacted me over the years, I saw your messages this morning and I will turn my attention to getting back to you when I can. I used a completely dedicated email for this page, and I have not checked it since 2018! Since then...

Much . . . has . . . transpired . . .

Famous Cousins #4: John Cena!? WrestleMania 34 Special

...an update? Wow!

Hey Everybody!

To celebrate WrestleMania, which aired this past weekend, I will put a quick post here, linking to some information that I found. It's about my newly discovered cousin, John Cena!

More after the break!

Baldwin Landing at Ticonderoga - Lake George NY

Hello, Blog-friends. Though I began this post in good old Torrington where I live, I will likely see it polished and posted tonight from the cottage where I am making my latest stay here in Lake George, New York, on a family vacation. If all has gone to plan, my grandmother is here with us and we expect to see my brother and his family tomorrow for a second day of vacation fun.

The 17th Century - Historical Facts and Baldwins, #1

I've been wondering lately. Who in our family tree was alive during such-and-such? During events in human history? That is, we know Mozart was a big deal during this or that period, and Shogun (the movie) was set around this or that time, and it seems like a LONG time ago so it just becomes abstract data. But since we can fortunately trace our family back so far, surely one or more generations of Baldwins was alive to see or maybe have heard about all of these events, and these things would have been current news stories for them.

Of course, when you think about it, at least one member of your family has always been alive, for the entirety of human history. Whee!

I thought it might be fun to once in a while make posts about which Baldwin was alive during this or that famous occurrence, and to see what exactly happened during their lifetimes. Genealogy, for me, becomes far more interesting when you can place a person in context of world events. So I'll start writing up these posts in order to show these things. I'll jump around in time with this series of posts. But I will start by talking about-

Famous Cousins #3 - All of the American Presidents

Ooo-wee! Look's like I'm gonna be the guest host of this post, oh me, oh my!

It's about all your American Presidents!