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Finding Thomas Farrar ~ Attacking a Brick Wall
Posted on 10 April 2009 | No CommentsLittle was known about my 2nd great grandfather, Thomas Farrar. Time and location had separated his descendants. Family stories and memories died over the generations. A cousin recorded a few... -
The Kindness of Alexander Duff
Posted on 4 April 2009 | No CommentsNot all of the life of my 8th great grandmother, Jane O’Laggan, was perfect. Born near the Glenlivet River in Laggan, Morayshire, Scotland to James O’Laggan, she married David MacWilliam... -
Choices ~ Consequences
Posted on 25 March 2009 | No CommentsChoices. Consequences: They never sleep. From the time we are born, we make choices and enjoy the consequences of those choices. We often associate the word “consequences” with something bad,... -
Murder In Salem
Posted on 14 March 2009 | 7 CommentsMy 9th great grandmother, Susannah North Martin, and two great aunts, Rebecca Towne Nurse and Mary Towne Estey, were hung as witches in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. I’ve visited their... -
Amazing Grace
Posted on 9 March 2009 | No CommentsI’ve spent a lot of hours looking for ancestral information in old newspapers over the past few weeks. Some of the articles brought Joy. Others made me Sad. Thank goodness... -
Destroy That Drive
Posted on 17 February 2009 | No CommentsA fellow recently demonstrated his ability to recover data from a hard drive whose data had been overwritten a seven times using a data shredder program set to a supposed... -
Little Ones Lost
Posted on 6 February 2009 | No CommentsI’d heard stories about my great grandparents, Robert and Rosa Logie Bennett homesteading a farm since I was very young and often wondered about them. Of the ten children in... -
A Matter of Temporary Insanity
Posted on 31 January 2009 | No CommentsThere are times when you just have to sit and shake you head. There are no words to describe the situation fully. Today hosted one of those events for me.... -
Slow Burn to War
Posted on 23 January 2009 | No CommentsWhile researching further information on my ancestors who served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War, I realized that over the years, my memory regarding the sequence of events leading up... -
Those Wacky Styles
Posted on 17 January 2009 | No CommentsLooking through some old photos of my wife and myself today, I laughed out loud a few times. Wearing striped bell bottoms or Levi’s that always look too short seemed...








