When I started looking for ancestors I had no idea I would end up finding so much more. It is my niche in the world, I decided, to find ancestors. I get a feeling for what kind of family I am looking for and where they might go next. Sometimes it...
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At the top of the list of a rew people who made me feel special are my new cousins. I have met them here and there through my Genealogy work. I have known three of my new cousins now for about 2-3 years. But they all make me feel special. They...
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My Burland Ancestors have had many things written about them. I have found many of my heirlooms online at Ebay. I had never thought that I would ever find anything about my ancestors online. But, when I was online a couple of years ago, I googled Burland. Imagine my surprise when...
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My Burland Ancestors have had many things written about them. I have found many of my heirlooms online at Ebay. I had never thought that I would ever find anything about my ancestors online. But, when I was online a couple of years ago, I googled Burland. Imagine my surprise when...
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A family in flux. In the last year my family has been in flux. Through this time family history has been a recurring thread. On my Mothers side there is a tapestry being created. On my Dads side that same tapestry is unraveling. With my daughter, the tapestry is weaving a...
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When I was in first grade President Kennedy was shot and ultimately died...
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The most important thing I have ever done, I did when I was still quite young myself. I was a married girl of 20 when I became a mother. I was separated from my husband at 21 and divorced at 22. I then became a single parent. Though I did the...
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Who knew my Great Grandfather born in 1867 had a scar on his abdomen or that his eyes were gray.
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I really don't remember where I was on 9-11. I just remember a feeling of incredulity looking at the buildings on fire. I kept thinking, "There will be a lot of injuries." But there were none. It was eerie and sickening to think of all those people just gone. Everything that...
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He was very tall. Had dark hair slicked back. And the handsomest boy I had ever met.
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I wouldn't change anything I did in my adolescence.
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She said, "You were the good reader, weren''t you!"
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I am a product of my era.
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I was a Tom Boy. I liked to catch mice in the woodpile and show them to the neighbor, climb trees and fight with the boys in my neighborhood.
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Before I started making my family tree I never really thought about leaving a legacy.
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