Friday, July 4, 2025

First Diversion


First Diversion:

Someone in the past and then again someone recently encouraged me to create a Blog.  The first one was because I post daily on scripture reading and I have for a few years. They wanted me to have a place where those musings endured.

The more recent encouragement was because I decided to post about Revolutionary War veterans. They advised that a Blog might give the platform that I am using to find and discuss these veterans more traffic, and therefore more revenue for the platform to continue.

So, this blog is my first foray into this space.  I have a few interests which will appear on here…and that is the reason for the title: “Doug’s Diversions.”  The two main things will be for the items mentioned above.  But, who knows.  Other things may follow that I have interest in like Mission Work, Woodworking, Philosophical (silly-focusal) meanderings, or Photography, if this becomes a thing.

I have a couple of new hobbies in retirement.  One is dabbling in woodworking.  I don’t have all the tools of a real woodworker – so my projects so far have been refinishing and small products. Maybe you will get to see that skill mature.

A second hobby has been genealogy.  I like to put together the stories of ancestors, uncles, aunts, cousins and even unrelated interesting people by researching the available on line documents and preserving their stories. I use a platform called Wikitree…because it has a great way to document stories, because it is collaborative, and because it is FREE.  To quote a young man I met many years ago:  “If it’s for free, it’s for me!”  While not always true, I do prefer free options over subscriptions.  

The image on this page was from Georgia and of a cottage unrelated to any genealogy I have been tracking, but it is a good image to use to show the history I sometimes chase.

Tammy and I recently went on a Revolutionary Tour which I discussed on a WikitTree Space page - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:2025_Revolutionary_Tour

So, the first Revolutionary sung or unsung veteran that I selected for may posts about them is Samuel Sutphen. His profile is at: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-645439

Samuel was a Revolutionary soldier by force, but he his service earned him freedom. In addition to the WikiTree profile the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) published a discussion of his life at: Samuel Sutphin - Honoring Our Patriots

What do they say these days?  Like and follow! Enjoy.


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