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Cutting Wood for the Mississippi Steamboats

By Pat Posted on January 18, 2010 Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged with Denman family, Minor family, Mississippi River

I am the very fortunate holder of several pieces from my mother, the sort of gold that genealogists yearn for.  I have three taped interviews my mother did, two with her father and one with a “cousin”, all about their …

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Goals for 2010

By Pat Posted on December 29, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged with New Year's goals

I don’t remember setting any specific genealogy goals  last year.  Although about midway through the year I did start trying to clear out some boxes of stuff in my home office.  And I have been working at documenting my facts …

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Visiting with a new “cousin”

By Pat Posted on December 16, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged with Coffin family, Massachusetts

I recently made a day trip with a friend, to visit her brother and sister-in-law.  My friend’s family is related to the Coffin family and I am too.  Her sister-in-law is very interested in genealogy and so it makes sense …

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Getting them to the family stories

By Pat Posted on December 2, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged with Coffin family, family stories, Thanksgiving

Well, we had the family here for Thanksgiving and a good time was had by all.  And I noticed (as I do every time family comes to my house, but then I forget again) that the painting of my great …

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How to tell an immigrant’s story?

By Pat Posted on November 16, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged with Greenberg family, immigration, Levine family

I’ve been chipping away over time at putting together the story of my husband’s grandfather, Nathan Greenberg, and how he came to this country as a young man.  The family has (don’t we all?) a story about it, but no …

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