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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Obituary of Mrs. Farmon Scramlin of Momence, Illinois

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Death of Mrs. Farmon Scramlin. Mrs. Mary Scramlin, relict of the late Farmon Scramlin, died at her home in this city last Sunda...

Old Settler Gone -- Obituary

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               Old Settler Gone. Silas Scramlin died at his home in this city Monday night, April 22, at about 11 o’clock after...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Frederick Law Olmsted's House -- A Dream of A Visit in Brookline, Massachusetts

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I am posting this for two reasons, first, it is a National Historic site, and second, I always wanted to see it. Unfortunately, it was in th...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Brook Farm in Roxbury, Massachusetts and How it Relates to Me

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When I discovered back in January that my 2nd great-grandfather surveyed a property in West Roxbury, Massachusetts for the city, I immediat...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Old Mammy Redd, an Accused Witch, Recently Pardoned

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The poem below, was found in my ancestor's manuscript located in the archives at the New England Historic Genealogical Society's ...

Thomas Mayhew -- Watertown, Massachusetts

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Thomas Mayhew was my 10th great-grandfather. HERE BY THE ANCIENT FORD THE LANDING AND THE WEIR WAS THE HOMESTALL OF THOMAS MAYHE...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Prince Spaghetti of Lowell, Massachusetts Fame -- Wordless Wednesday

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Z Home of Prince Spaghetti, Lowell, Massachusetts In 1912, in the North End of Boston, three immigrants from Sicily began making spag...