Additional browsing for Revolutionary War Information, American Colonial Rhode Island History, or Bucklin Genealogy and Family History.

The Internet is a maze of information.  Each day, if you are doing research on American history or family genealogy, research becomes more a matter of separating valid information from the mass of possible "hits" when using a search engine.  Once you find a good site, connecting links help you navigate to find what you want.  Helping you find the way is the reason for this page.

What follows are suggested sites --- outside of our hundreds of pages available at this website of the Joseph Bucklin Society --- that are potentially helpful to you, or to which you may want to pay special attention.  We offer them, with no particular organization,  as being of some help to the intermediate to expert researcher who wants some  interesting places to browse for American History, Revolutionary War information, Colonial Rhode Island History or connecting to the Bucklin Family Genealogy.

Emphasis on History, Gaspee, or Rhode Island

If you are a Bucklin, then Rhode Island is a place that you should visit in your lifetime.  The history goes back to when the first permanent settlement was founded at Providence, 1636, by Roger Williams, who was exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.  Early it attracted Quaker and Jewish immigrants seeking freedom of worship, who in the 1650s-60s became important parts of the accepted society.  Quaker houses of worship and the first Jewish temple in North American are in available to visit.  The colony was the first to formally renounce all allegiance to King George III, (May 4, 1776) but initially was opposed to the Union, and was the last of the 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution (1790) --- so the state is proud of its history, which is always just under the surface wherever you travel in the state.  Research on site in Rhode Island is usually rewarding because the librarians are helpful, and the libraries have much that is not available unless you open dusty books or boxes.

Founded in 1822, the Rhode Island Historical Society is the nation's fourth oldest state historical society.  The first building devoted to the Society was designed by James C. Bucklin, who designed many Providence buildings.  The Society's ongoing  historical journal is Rhode Island History. Today the Society is the steward of some 30,000 artifacts and 500,000 library items.  The Society maintains its research library in Providence, Rhode Island.  Without doubt, if you are interested in Rhode Island history, a stop at the Rhode Island Historical Society (RIHS) should be on your "must do"  list.

Persons writing about the Rhode Island 1772 attack on the English ship Gaspee usually wind up looking through materials available at this website --- and one other: the Gaspee Virtual Archives. The Gaspee Virtual Archives are referenced several times in our site, because of the fine and energetic research work that webmaster John Concannon, M.D.,  does.  Dr. Concannon's work is also referenced in our separate website that deals exclusively with the Gaspee attack and the Rhode Island men who went on the attack that lead up to the American Revolution. Our separate site of information on the Gaspee ship attack is Gaspee  (dot) Info.  At Gaspee Info, for example at the page on Dr. Mawney, we reference the Gaspee Virtual Archives because Concannon (himself a medical doctor)  wrote the first real (although short) biography on Dr. Mawney.   We cannot emphasize too strongly that he is the most energetic and committed researcher regarding "things Gaspee" we have had the pleasure of working with.  Whenever you see a link from our site to his, you will find good information if you follow the cross reference link we  provide.

So now you know that you can find Gaspee Affair information at this site, and also at Gaspee.org  and Gaspee. info.  Ready for one more?  Try Gaspee. com

www.gaspee.com is the site of the Gaspee Days Committee, a dedicated (I've been to some of their meetings --- they are dedicated! ) nonprofit organization that runs a list of many varied community events commemorating the 1772 attack of the Gaspee, right off shore from their Pawtuxet community.  This is the site to find out more about the famous Gaspee Days Parade each June. These Gaspee Com events are all designed to commemorate the burning of the hated British revenue schooner, HMS Gaspee, by Rhode Island patriots in 1772 as a proximate cause of the American Revolution. 

If you are looking for more information on the naval history of the new united states in the 18th century, go to the Naval War College Museum, Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI.   It has a photo of  a good picture of the burning of the Gaspee.   The staff now only can say: "The image came from a 35 mm slide I found in the archives of the Naval War College, which according to the staff at the time was taken from a painting in their collection. This was many years ago - no attribution was available save for the fact that it was from the archives of the War College." The reason we say that it is a "good picture" is that the artist has the Gaspee in the right size and rigging and has the longboats of the right size and shape.  The Naval War College states: "Of interest is the fact that the musket ball fired by the Rhode Islander Joseph Bucklin that gravely wounded the captain of the Gaspee is acknowledged by many to be the cause of the first firearm-related British casualty of the Revolution."

Chris Donnithorne, ex Royal Navy, who runs the www.navylist.org has good information about People, Places, Ships, Organizations and Events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660. 

U.S. History and The History Channel has extremely condensed Revolutionary War information that serves as background information for the Gaspee Affair.  The information on their sites changes; what you see one month on a search for an item may not be there the next time you go back.

Warwick, RI has a website that is a delight for those of you visiting there. They do mention our website at http://www.warwickri.gov/gaspee.htm   Check this site before you travel to Warwick to receive a background on what is there and what to do in the area.  Warwick is just south of Providence and introduces gives you a transition from city to countryside.

Emphasis on Genealogy or Bucklin Family History

Now lets mention specific sites you may want to visit if you are concentrating on Bucklin Genealogy.  We assume you have gone to our database which has over 3,500 persons.  But the internet is full of additional sources for the genealogy researcher.  Use the "Continue" button here if you want to find ones worthy of more investigation and reading by you. The Rhode Island Consortium of Genealogical and Historical Societies  (RICON) and other sites emphasizing genealogy are discussed at our "More Genealogy Resources"

More! Websites of interest to us that are also interested in us!

One of the most respected places to learn to write genealogies,  Professional Writer's Page, has this to say about one of our pages:

Biography of William Bucklin, of Hingham and Pawtucket
This page is a wonderful example of how much you can do with historical documents, for someone long gone. William was born about 1606 and came to New England in the 1630's. The Bucklin Society has a great site devoted to their family's genealogy. If you are a Bucklin descendant, it is a must; if you are just interested in a good example, it is well worth the click.

Genealogy sites or civic sites that concentrate on families that include a Gaspee Raider give us credit for information.  For example see The Allen Lacy group,   or www.warwickri.gov/gaspee.htm or www.whipple.org/abe/

Rhode Island has a general history site that mentions our research on longboat size. At www.rhodeisland-bookmarks.com/colonial_island_rhode_times.html, when you click on "Longboat Size Colonial Rhode Island before Revolution", it links to our page http://www.bucklinsociety.net/longboat_size_cont.htm 

At www.rhodeisland-bookmarks.com/colony_island_religion_rhode.html  following their links on "WILLIAM STORY of Massachusetts Bay Colony Rhode Island history", or on Joseph Bucklin 1st of Pawtucket Rehoboth Rhode Island", you get to our story of William Bucklin, the first permanent settler in the Pawtucket area.

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