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A 14-year old's quest to find her grandfather
How in finding the man, I discovered my Galician roots.
1849 – 2012
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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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1920s Best of Friends
85 years later, a niece and a great-grand niece rediscover a friendship that lasted a lifetime and spanned three continents
1904 – 2013
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My family's brush with History: Delaware Redux
What was once a fantastical piece of family lore concerning George Washington in 1776, was given a mystic Amphibian dimension in 1993.
1734 – October 1993
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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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A labor of Love and Rememberance
A story of 4American Families. They would form a new story with a new future.
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Who Do You Think You Are: Christina Applegate
In a real tear-jerker of an episode, Christina discovers the painful reasons why her father never knew his mother.
1921 – 2013
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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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The Tonsillectomy Story, a Snap Shot in my LIfe
From Willis Doris Stokes of Alabama, 1839, to the present day and Reagan Mackenzie Thomas; this is the story of the family, past & present.
1931 – 1940
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86 and "I wish I were 18 again."
here are stories I have told to my son and daughter, my granddaughter and grandson, and which I hope I can tell to my great granddaughter.
9/26/0916 – October 22, 1977
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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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Man Overboard 1950
This is an experience I had while in the Coast Guard stationed in San Pedro, California, in 1951.
February 1951 – February 1952
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Jack Shipman, A Lifetime of Pleasure
This is an introduction to my lifetime of collecting United States postage stamps. It has been a wonderful experience.
1944 – 1947
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Turning over rocks to find long-lost relatives
During the course of my genealogy work, I have discovered and connected with cousins from all my family branches. Here are some lessons.
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