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Note: These newspaper clippings all came from Newspapers.com and were clipped mostly from the Kentucky Advocate. I will be happy to share the exact paper name and date upon request. Some people are fortunate to have a diary keeper in their ancestry. Some have found earlier publications written by an ancestor’s family with direct personal … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Popular
So I missed three weeks, and am writing for a fourth. Prosperity Our most prosperous ancestor to date would be found on the Aleck side of our family. The Alecks, Gages, and DeJeans did well in the face of adversity. They didn’t become any Rockefeller’s, wouldn’t that be nice? But they became affluential in their … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Will I Ever Catch Up?
I have been remiss in posting Kenney's letters home. Last we heard from him, it was October 22, 1941, and he had just gotten himself into a pickle with the law. He proudly wrote to his father that he was able to resolve his kerfuffle on his own with a little help from his shipmates. … Continue reading WW II letters home, January 14, 1942
One of these days, I will be back on track. Here are three weeks of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. So Far Away I have written before about my mother’s side of the family. They come from Thailand. They are my ancestors who are so far away in so many ways. The most obvious is the distance, … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – still behind
Ok, so I am off to a bad start by missing two weeks. The second week was Favorite Photo. That was a tough one. I don’t have one favorite photo, and I am not a fan of posting family photos. But I love finding pictures of relatives, especially ancestors. So, I would have to say … Continue reading Catching Up with 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
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