Author Archives: Don Taylor

Donna One Hundred Years Ago – January 12th to 15th, 1921.

“Donna Montran and Her Bathing Beauties in a Beach Promenade” played at the Majestic Theatre in Paterson, NJ, one hundred years ago this week. I haven’t discovered where Donna was playing from January 1st through January 11th. However, on January … Continue reading

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Don’s Genealogy News – 10 January 2021

Photo Friday I analyzed five more packets of negatives from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection. See Part 11 – Curtis, Davis (2), Derosier, & Dexter. Mary Derosier (1914-1994) Donald Davis (1907-1972) Four children of Hartley A. & Mary T. Davis … Continue reading

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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 11

Davis (3), Derosier, & Dexter Photo Friday By Don Taylor This week for Photo Friday, I look at identifying five more negatives from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The names on the envelope are of the individual who paid for … Continue reading

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Don’s Genealogy News – 3 January 2021

Scarborough Historical Society Added book: Grandfather Tales of Scarborough by Augustus Freedom Moulton. Uploaded to  Digital Maine & Internet Archive because it came out of copyright on January 1st. (See Blogs Below.) Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society Had … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – Laurance Louis Harmon

Howell-Welch-Harris-Harmon Line By Don Taylor Paul, the husband of my wife’s niece, said he didn’t know much about his great-grandfather, Laurance Louis Harmon. I was invited to be the godfather to his children several years ago. As I believe it … Continue reading

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