A Great Big Lark is a personal blog that I began as a place to practice and experiment with my writing, and to record and flesh out stories I was finding while researching my family’s history here in the Chesapeake Bay region.I enjoy exploring the historical and geographical contexts of my family stories, but I also write about folklore and regional history. Many of my posts are parts of a ‘work in progress’ of connected essays, and some of my posts are just "thoughts."
Some links / H.C. Tragedy
Belmont - Description and Floor Plans from Md. Inventory of Historical Properties
Hanson Family Burial Ground
*Morningstar Lodge Cemetery and Gustav Lurman Cemeteries were built over, headstones removed but graves left intact. MLC: Pizza Hut on Rt. 40. GLC: parking lot of Catonsville High School.
Belmont Photos
Investigation
Lawyers Hill Historic District
Lawyers Hill Historic District
Tutbury
Patapsco Bridge
Spring Grove
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An early Irish immigrant has a brush with piracy on the Chesapeake during the 1680s!