Category Archives: Brown-Montran
My First Grade – Emerson Elementary
My Life Those Places Thursday By Don Taylor We must have moved back to Minneapolis during the summer of 1956 because I don’t remember changing schools during the school year that year. We lived at 1221-½ Nicollet. It was an old … Continue reading
Blackhurst Family Reunion – 1923
Amanuensis Monday By Don Taylor I don’t recall ever finding a newspaper article about a family reunion for my direct ancestors. I found an article on Ancestry.Com that mentioned my third great-grandparents, Stephen and Fanny (Taylor) Blackhurst. The article was … Continue reading
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Tagged Stephen Blackhurst, Albion Michigan, Fannie (Taylor) Blackhurst, Amanuensis
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Blackhurst Conflicts – The “Blacklin” Family of 1860
By Don Taylor I recently attended a Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society where the speaker, Pam Stone Eagleson spoke about “Confronting Conflicting Evidence.” It was a very good talk. As I listened to it I was thinking, … Continue reading
Collins – Surname Saturday
I don’t really know much about my Collins ancestors, but they are among my earliest ancestors, 8th 9th and 10th great grandparents. They were part of the “Great Migration” of the early 1600s arriving in Massachusetts then locating to Connecticut. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Collins, Collins, Samuel Wolcott
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