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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Chatted with 2 people who met "WDYTYA" Celebrities

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Today wasn't my normal type day at a library. Spent the time at the New England Historical and Genealogical Library (NEHGS) in Boston. I...

Tombstone Tuesday - DAVIS of Killingworth, Connecticut

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Stone House Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut Lemuel Davis Born:  July 17, 1759, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut D...
Monday, April 5, 2010

A Hint that May Solve Your Female Brick Wall

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What madness we experience when we try to search for a female for whom we don't know her surname. In October 2009, I posted an excellent...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

What Luck Today, Thanks to a Follower

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As I was about to look at recent posts of others, and hopefully make comments, my eyes glanced to my Followers list, and saw that it increas...

Surname Saturday -- FARMER (Canada or NY > Calhoun Co., Michigan)

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The Farmer line is another "brick wall" of mine. Alexander Farmer and his wife, Huldah Lay were extremely difficult to trace. F...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Looking Back: On March 2010, I Hired a Yale student to take a photos is one topic I wrote about

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Brenda of Journey to the Past  wrote about her five favorite libraries , and it was the last one that caught my eye.  A quick email to ...

Bits of News

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In USA Today , the daily newspaper, carries the Prime-time Nielsen ratings for television shows on Wednesday for the previous week. The sh...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Surname Saturday -- ADAMS (CT / MA > NY > MI)

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This ADAMS line is the first of my "brick walls" I am sharing. ADAMS is a very common surname, and with the first name being Jo...