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Jump Hunting and the Maine Register
Painting by Henry Thomas Alken [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons. My foster father, Duane Olson, took me hunting when I was in high school. He liked to “jump-shoot” ducks. He knew places where there were likely to be ducks. … Continue reading
Posted in General Help
Tagged Bickford, Genealogy, Genealogy Conference, Maine Register, Whitten
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Donna – A “Cabaret Girl” in Panama.
We know that Grandpa Dick (Clifford/Richard Brown/Durand) was in the Army in the late 1920s and early 1930s and was stationed in Panama where he and Donna met. We don’t know exactly when Donna and her husband Sammy Amsterdam went … Continue reading
Vacation – Dora Spalding Faulkner Mowbray (1898-1960)
Vacation It has been a few weeks since I’ve had a chance to blog. I’ve been in Minnesota visiting friends and relatives. During my trip, I visited a relative with Alzheimer’s disease. I had hoped to be able to interview … Continue reading
Finding John Vinson’s Father & John Vinson (c. 1817 – c.1865)
By – Don Taylor Finding John Vinson/Vincent’s Father It is my goal to find ancestors in all of the census records that were taken during their lifetime. Based upon the 1870 Census, I’m fairly certain that John died between 1860 … Continue reading
Posted in Howell
Tagged Burkett Vinson, Census Records, John Vinson, North Carolina, Susan R. Vinson
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Newspaper Searching
I attended the Bangor Family History Fair at the Bangor Family History Center last weekend. Overall, it was a good experience and worth the two-hour drive, each way. Probably, the talk I enjoyed most was by Penobscot County GenealogicalSociety president, … Continue reading
