At The Library – Then and Now
I love my library! I always have liked libraries and learned at an early age how important they can be. Our family did not own many books, although a few from my mother’s youth and some left over from my …
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Clifford Boothby Salt (1918-1983) – 52 Ancestors # 52 Resolution
Last year one of my resolutions was to write about my father, thinking that 2018 in December would be appropriate. He would have turned 100 years old on 16 December this year. When I started writing this post, I had …
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Susan Wilcox Justice – 52 Ancestors # 51 Nice
I have written previously about my 3g-grandmother Susan Wilcox Justice, but she meets the definition of nice for this week’s theme. Although she died before I was born, so I never met her, she was reportedly a gentle person, seeing …
Mary Minor Denman (1868-1930) – 52 Ancestors # 50 Naughty
There are two stories that come to mind with regard to the theme of “naughty” for this week and my great-grandmother, Mary M. Denman. Either might have been cause to find coal in her stocking at Christmas. Mary L. Minor …
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Clemon Hastings Snow (1848-1918) – 52 Ancestors # 49 Winter
Although it isn’t officially winter yet, here in the Northeast of the United States it has been cold enough and dark enough to feel like winter already. Plus, I have one family line carrying the last name Snow, which is …
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