A Sad Anniversary

Twenty seven years ago today, I was at work when my boss, the owner of the printing company for which I worked, opened the door to the graphics room and told me I had a phone call.  It was early afternoon and I still had an hour or so of work yet. No one usually [...]

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On This Day . . . 9 January

Today’s date marks the anniversary of the births of: Silas Hills – 1739 Josiah House – 1814 (first cousin, 4 times removed) John  H. Caylor – 1827 (2nd great grand uncle) George K. Blazer – 1862 (first cousin, 4 times removed) Florence Ethel Loveland – 1883 (fourth cousin, 1 time removed) Berney Frank Rivers – [...]

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On This Day . . . 8 January

On this day – January 8th, there are 15 people in my Family Tree who were born on this date, 6 of which who are now deceased. Those six (I won’t post the others since this is private information) are: Jacob Bushong – 1836, Sarah Ann Roudebush – 1839, Margaret M. Ruby – 1889, Earl [...]

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On This Day . . .

With the brand new year, I will try to keep this blog updated a bit more often. Today marks the beginning of a new column – if not daily – then weekly or monthly – called “On This Day.” I will list some genealogical facts – births, deaths, anniversaries – of those in my family [...]

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