Author Archives: Don Taylor

Mary Elizabeth (Manning) Brown (1878-1983)

Ancestor Sketch – Brown Line By – Don Taylor We know that often as a person ages their birth date changes. Women often get younger during their adult years and then get older in their later years.  Mary Elizabeth (Manning) Brown … Continue reading

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William Isack Middleton (1872- )

William Isack Middleton (1872- ) Project Middleton/Smith By – Don Taylor Follow your Process I find there is a right way to do things and a wrong way. The wrong way is usually a lot faster and a lot less … Continue reading

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Review: Family Tree Builder for the Mac

In January, I attended a meeting of the Greater PortlandChapter of the Maine Genealogical Society.  During the meeting, there were some questions about software to use to manage genealogical information. I had several suggestions for PC Users, but told folks … Continue reading

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Donna in Madison, WI, at the Fuller Theater – Valentine’s Day – 14 Feb 1920

After having played the Grand Theatre in Eau Claire, on the 12th and the Myers Theater in Janesville on the 13th, the “Chin-Chin” backtracked the short 40 miles to Madison to play the Fuller Theater. The only railroad, of the … Continue reading

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James Ashley Hobbs (1843-1920)

James Ashley Hobbs (1843-1920) James Ashley Hobbs was probably born in October 1843.  The 1850 and 1870 Censuses indicate he was 6 and 26 at the times of the two censuses. The 1880 and 1910 censuses infer that his was … Continue reading

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