Tag: people
group name: famiilyhistory
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June 16, 2006 04:47 AM EDT --
I believe every child deserves a special, never-have-to-share toy. House rule said this toy stayed out of sight when friends come around. Jessica . . . more
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August 16, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
I was about four when Daddy let me set a place setting at our cafe. I wasn't really tall enough to reach the counter. I would stand on my tippy toes and carefully place the napkin and silver . . . more
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March 14, 2006 05:51 PM EST --
I have almost no family. I was an only, no sisters or brothers, of unusual birth circumstances.
Three years ago I moved my then 81 year old mother from the family homestead 450 miles . . . more
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December 19, 2006 10:11 PM EST --
I didn’t know it at the time, but it was the last Christmas of my childhood.
My husband and I had announced just before Thanksgiving that we were expecting. That baby was the first grandchild . . . more
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April 14, 2006 11:43 AM EDT --
One of the perks of my job is acting as fashion consultant to some of the gentleman who live in the retirement community. I think it is great that, in their eighties, these men are concerned enough to . . . more
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April 18, 2006 07:31 PM EDT --
In addition to the traditional offerings most generous, doting parents lavish on a child, mine infused a lifeline to their unrestricted generosity. They gave me the world, by allowing me to see . . . more
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September 13, 2006 12:49 AM EDT --
Tonight during my teevee hour with the dawg I watched a "LEGENDS:" show on the comedy Channel.
"RODNEY DANGERFIELD" was the subject.
My poor skills do not do justice to begin to . . . more
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July 23, 2006 11:40 PM EDT --
We pulled the pop-out camper across the state line, past the hog farms, around the country church, through the crumbling cemetery, and down the winding road to arrive at Starve Hollow Lake, as we had done . . . more
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April 30, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
I feel like my life has been lived in cycles of binging and purging. Right now, I am purging. Old family photos, to be exact. I am the repository of photos once in the possession of both of my grandmothers, . . . more
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August 27, 2006 03:50 AM EDT --
As a child, life was so much simplier. It was at least a mile to the nearest neighbor. Most roads were dirt roads and few people traveled on them. Eveyone knew everyone in the community by first name. . . . more
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October 12, 2006 06:28 PM EDT --
We met at the house to disassemble their lives. In one evening, we took apart what they had created, collected, and been in their years together. We held the pieces of their lives - our history - in . . . more
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April 28, 2006 12:08 AM EDT --
I slowly creep from between warm sheets
And pull my boots upon small feet,
I think again of my warm bed,
Put on my coat, place hat on head.
I step into the frosty night,
My heart is thumping . . . more
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February 13, 2007 02:19 AM EST --
Link: Cyndi's List - U.S. - Vital Records. On this list you will find vital records by state, as well as associated records. Hope this helps with someone's genealogy research. If you haven't . . . more
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May 07, 2006 11:20 PM EDT --
Silence for those who gave their lives
At sea, during the Battle of the Atlantic.
As we gave honor to those seamen,
The call of seagulls filled the air -
No, we weren't near the ocean,
These . . . more
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July 02, 2006 11:01 PM EDT --
Hi, my name is Pearl Hart. I was born in Lindsay, Ontario, in 1817. My parents, who were middle class, sent me to finishing school when I was very young. Back then I was known as Pearl Taylor.
At the . . . more
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May 01, 2006 02:30 PM EDT --
I've been a 'wandering all of the night
And the best part of the day
Now I'm returning home again
I'll bring you a branch of May
A branch of May my love I say
As at your door I stand . . . more
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December 15, 2006 02:29 PM EST --
Our quarrel began the night before I was born and ended the morning she died unless, as I suspect, her spirit lingers to resent the funeral. A rational person would assume that if she knows about . . . more
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July 30, 2007 11:20 PM EDT --
Yesterday was a bit of an anomaly for me. You see, I had it all to myself....
Fred, Dani and Alex left at 6 am for a Phoenix - San Bernardino - Phoenix turn around trip in order to get my . . . more
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June 27, 2006 06:47 PM EDT --
In 1793, the Upper Canada Act Against Slavery was passed. The Act was inspired by Governor J. G. Simcoe and made Upper Canada (now Ontario) the first British Colony to legislate against slavery.
Slavery . . . more
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April 28, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
My big mistake was in expecting a twenty-mile drive to erase the thirty years I had been away. I set myself up for the unwarranted sense of betrayal that came when . . . more
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