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The Secrets of Lonni Wernicke Wheeler Sanger
How the truth behind my grand-mother's life was revealed as gossip at her burial, and only shown to be true 20 years later.
1891 – 1987
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From the Ancient Dead to the Recent Dead
How I almost became an archaeologist instead of a genealogist.
April 1989 – March 2013
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The Widow Sanger: Poverty & Charity in 1700 Mass
Mary Reynolds, Kent, England, arrived 1630, married Richard Sanger 1649, 7 kids. In 1705, at 75, begging food/wood at town meeting.
1475 – 46
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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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A Choate Ancestor in Colonial America
The John Choate and Cora Gibbs family has a direct ancestor who volunteered to defend his community, and fought for US independence
6/26/1761 – 10/19/1781
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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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Sally N. Inglis's Ancestry
This is my ancestry from myself back to Elias Taylor, Sr. I was able to join the DAR thru him.
16 Jan 1727 – 19 Jun 2003
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