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  • Thinking back to that night, the images from the flash and subsequent light show in the sky are still clear in my mind.  I was just a young pup when...

    A Moment in History ~ Meteorite over Utah ~ 1962

    Posted on 8 April 2011 | 1 Comment
    Thinking back to that night, the images from the flash and subsequent light show in the sky are still clear in my mind.  I was just a young pup when...

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  • Prices have changed a lot over the years.  Years ago, I found an old expense book that was recorded by Robert Nicholas Bennett, Charles Harrison Drew and his wife Elizabeth...

    Ancestors in Hard Times

    Posted on 31 March 2011 | No Comments
    Prices have changed a lot over the years.  Years ago, I found an old expense book that was recorded by Robert Nicholas Bennett, Charles Harrison Drew and his wife Elizabeth...

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  • My father had a unique skill in interpersonal relationships.  Without selling someone something they didn’t want, he could nonetheless divert their objections as if he was Obi-Wan in the Star...

    Recording Life ~ Fishing

    Posted on 9 May 2009 | No Comments
    My father had a unique skill in interpersonal relationships.  Without selling someone something they didn’t want, he could nonetheless divert their objections as if he was Obi-Wan in the Star...

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  • Christmas came to our house on Apr 30th this year.  Years ago, I saw the diary of my great grandfather, David Lewis Drew, in Copperopolis, California.  One of my older...

    Christmas in April

    Posted on 2 May 2009 | No Comments
    Christmas came to our house on Apr 30th this year.  Years ago, I saw the diary of my great grandfather, David Lewis Drew, in Copperopolis, California.  One of my older...

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  • Since you are interested in family history, you need to be sure to keep your own living history on a regular, hopefully daily, basis. The sad news we see today...

    Keeping a Diary and Other Records

    Posted on 9 October 2008 | No Comments
    Since you are interested in family history, you need to be sure to keep your own living history on a regular, hopefully daily, basis. The sad news we see today...

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  • Often, old journal or diary entries don’t make much sense to us. The idioms that were so common when they were written are now lost in time. I’ve found that...

    Essence of New Mown Hay

    Posted on 21 January 2008 | No Comments
    Often, old journal or diary entries don’t make much sense to us. The idioms that were so common when they were written are now lost in time. I’ve found that...

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