Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Indispensable Technology for the Family Historian

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Okay, before we go any further check it out. THIS IS MY HUNDREDTH BLOG POST ! Woo-hoo! Par-tay!  And now back to our regularly scheduled pro...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

What Do You Call Your Grandparents?

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Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings asked in a recent post “What did you call your grandparents? What did your children call their grandparents? W...
Monday, February 25, 2008

The Carnival Came to Town and Other Rants

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Terry Thornton posted Friday the round up for his little poetry challenge, which you can read here: http://hillcountryofmonroecountry.blogsp...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Squawkers and other regionalisms

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I was talking to a lady in Pennsylvania the other day and I was asking about her family’s roofing business. She stopped dead in her tracks a...

Confessions of a Three Year Old Descendent

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“ Papa Al is cwazy ,” the three-year-old whispers to me just loud enough for his grandfather in the front seat to hear.  “ Hey ! ” his grand...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

A Question of Race: The U.S. Census - Part 2

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Note that the 1930 and 1940 instructions are written in the past tense. All other instructions are given in present tense, indicating that t...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

A Question of Race: The U.S. Census - Part 1

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Roy Wilhelm wrote a newspaper column the other day called “Slavery Brought Blacks to Area.” It was a nice piece and I enjoyed reading it. ...