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A Civil War Hero, A Father, An Ancestor
Remiro Spicer recovered from injury and months at the infamous Andersonville prison to raise a family in Upstate New York
November 25, 1840 – May 4, 1926
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Losing One Family Member, But Gaining Generations
I consider this my first "genealogy" moment. 1984. I was 9 years old.
1984 – December 1984
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An unexpected surprise!
Abel and Jessie Lee Lynch were just about to retire to the good life down in Florida, when.....
ca 1892 – April 1939
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Nels and Ane Marie: Becoming Americans
Nels Sommer & Ane Marie Jonasen met and married in Denmark and had their first two children there before emigrating to Rockford, Illinois.
21 May 1852 – 18 Mar 1940
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My first Hungarian Costume
A very active aunt, Etta(Etus)Prihoda (Berger), involved my sister and I in the Hungarian cottage, House of Pacific Relations in San Diego
1921 – 1954
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Suttleman Family Odyssey
Tracks the Suttleman/Zitelman family from the area around Rivne, Ukraine to Baltimore, Maryland and Curitiba, Brazil
4/18/1858 – 2011
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The family secret behind granddad's desk calendar
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and an ongoing interest in genealogy.
October 1937 – August 2006
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YES -- I COULD DO THAT!
This story is about the factors that entered into my decision to delve into the family history and how it came to be.
1897 – est 1980
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If walls could talk — 75 years in a Parisian villa
The home of a French Jewish jeweller was "Aryanized" and became a Nazi salon during the Occupation.
1932 – 2013
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Long Lost Glasscocks
Long Lost Glasscocks: The Interesting Story of Glasscock Cousins who changed their name to Ballard in Autauga/Chilton/Elmore Co. Alabama..
29 May 1867 – 29 May 1867
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Potato Harvest and Family History
Work, work, work - Morning, noon and night. Time to sleep? What, I need to find my ancestors?
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Kissing cousins, fifteen times over.
Robert & Dick met at Brown University in 1979. They share fifteen direct Ancestors, and more common lines of descent.
1576 – 1692
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Bad News: Headstones and Headlines
A first experiment searching historic newspaper archives is successful, but yields a ghastly surprise.
1900 – 8/4/2013
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The Stewarts of Williamsport
I am trying to preserve history, to keep people and places of my ancestors from passing into history, without acknowledgement or notice, und
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Samuel McCormick (abt.1831-1887)
After fleeing Ireland as a young man, during the potato famine, Samuel settles on a farm in Burlington, New Jersey, and has eight children.
1831 – Sep 1979
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Hunting for the Story of the Pirate Toy Chest
A scarred wooden toy chest reveals the story of an ambitious New York box maker and the tragic end of a family business.
1875 – August 2012
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Mr. Stokes, My Grandfather
This episode of my life events deals with my relations with my grandfather, Mr. Stokes, not Grandfather Stokes, "Mr. Stokes."
Dec 22, 181892 – January 22, 1936
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Abe Ratner in the seltzer business
The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.
1890 – 1950
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