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  • Recording family history events can result in a record of boredom full of dates, sterile facts and stories without context. Three brothers and their friends on our area have found...

    Recording Family History With A Flair

    Posted on 29 October 2011 | No Comments
    Recording family history events can result in a record of boredom full of dates, sterile facts and stories without context. Three brothers and their friends on our area have found...

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  • Our ancestors tried to pass their hard learned knowledge to us but it is difficult for us to grasp the meaning of their words until we have enough experiences to...

    Knowledge Gained From Living

    Posted on 2 July 2011 | No Comments
    Our ancestors tried to pass their hard learned knowledge to us but it is difficult for us to grasp the meaning of their words until we have enough experiences to...

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  • While working on a life history recently, a word that we all use frequently didn’t appear to be spelled correctly.  The longer I looked at it, the more I was...

    Is It English or Am I Nuts?

    Posted on 25 June 2011 | 2 Comments
    While working on a life history recently, a word that we all use frequently didn’t appear to be spelled correctly.  The longer I looked at it, the more I was...

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  • For those who thought the hardest part of Physics 101 was the constant conversion from feet and inches to the metric system, including all its Newton’s, Joules and Watts, here...

    Useful Conversions

    Posted on 9 June 2011 | No Comments
    For those who thought the hardest part of Physics 101 was the constant conversion from feet and inches to the metric system, including all its Newton’s, Joules and Watts, here...

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  • Once again into the genealogy handouts stored in an apple box on the shelf. Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still...

    Background History of Common Phrases

    Posted on 4 June 2011 | No Comments
    Once again into the genealogy handouts stored in an apple box on the shelf. Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still...

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  • From the Genealogy handouts apple box: Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words "The" and "IRS" together it spells "THEIRS"? Reasons why the English language is so...

    Friday Facts ~ Week 3

    Posted on 3 June 2011 | No Comments
    From the Genealogy handouts apple box: Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words "The" and "IRS" together it spells "THEIRS"? Reasons why the English language is so...

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  • We frequently struggle to interpret the verbiage used by our ancestors.  When we read their wills, letters, property sales and other documents, the language they used almost seems to be...

    Oxymoron’s In Our Language

    Posted on 2 June 2011 | No Comments
    We frequently struggle to interpret the verbiage used by our ancestors.  When we read their wills, letters, property sales and other documents, the language they used almost seems to be...

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  • Kidnappers are not very interested in you. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. It’s harder and harder for sexual harassment charges to stick. No one...

    Benefits of Growing Older

    Posted on 29 May 2011 | No Comments
    Kidnappers are not very interested in you. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. It’s harder and harder for sexual harassment charges to stick. No one...

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  • Did you know…. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstones. Coca Cola was originally green Every day more money...

    Friday Facts ~ Week 2

    Posted on 27 May 2011 | No Comments
    Did you know…. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstones. Coca Cola was originally green Every day more money...

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  • Yet another page from the genealogy handouts apple box: You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party with a shovel. To put the "final touches"...

    You Know You Are A Genealogist If….

    Posted on 27 May 2011 | No Comments
    Yet another page from the genealogy handouts apple box: You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party with a shovel. To put the "final touches"...

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