An Orphan Finds a Home
I recently became the very pleased recipient of an orphaned photograph. I received the newest Huron County Kinologist in the mail a week or two ago, and actually sat down to read it (rather than my more usual habit of …
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The Shelton Image Collection
I have decided to name it the Shelton Images Collection. I am going to make it my first fully described archived collection. It is a small self-contained set, so I should be able to accomplish this. I know how important …
Oh, The Changes You’ll See!
Since I’ve posting the stories from Grandpa Lyle about early Wakeman days I’ve gotten more curious about his father, F.A. who was the focus of many of these stories. So, I’m going to combine a couple of ideas here to …
Wakeman 6. Starting a Vineyard and Raising Chickens
This is the last of the early Wakeman stories told by Grandpa Lyle, for now. Clearly one of the common threads in all of these stories has been F.A.’s entrepreneurial style. He found a variety of ways, typical to a …
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Wakeman 5. Early Denmans and Apple Orchards in Northern Ohio
My Denman family line first migrated from Ditchling, Sussex, England to New York state up the Hudson River around Kingston and Rondout Creek in about 1795. They settled in the Neversink area in Sullivan County. It was from there that …
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