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Get a Free Digital Copy of a Moulder Genealogy
(Roork) Fredric Z. Saunders, of the Mohler-Moler-Moulder DNA Project shared a link (on Facebook) to a FREE digital copy of a handwritten genealogy by George Chester Moulder. It appears to me to be a...
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18th Century PA German Naming Customs
18th Century PA German Naming Customs You must read this information if you have German ancestry! It is too important to skip! I really learned something NEW here! It explains so much when it comes to...
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24 June 2014 is the 700th Anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn!
Robert the Bruce, I, King of Scotland (11 Jul 1274-7 Jun 1329, reigned 1306-1329) is my 21st great-grandfather…at least according to the paper trail. My Great-Grandmother Delia Bridget JACKSON, is a...
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Free Access on Tuesday April 16th to International Marriage Records!
Ancestry. com will give FREE access to International Marriage Records on Tuesday, April 16, 2013! Make out a list of places, names and dates to search for and take advantage of this free offer! I will...
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FREE International Marriage Records START Tomorrow!
I started searching records this morning only to discover that the Ancestry records were not free! I went to their Facebook page and see that they have changed the date from April 16th to April 17...
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Success is so sweet!!! Thank you Ancestry.com!
I have had some real success this morning which is rather significant! I was finally able to access the FREE International Marriage Records at Ancestry.com, about an hour ago, and I found some...
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It’s all in a name!
(Hamilton/Pepper and Roork) I have started a new page today! I am creating two lists. One for my paternal surnames and one for my maternal surnames. This way, anyone can see all of the surnames that I...
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John and Sarah (Carey) Jenney
(Hamilton/Pepper) My 10th great-grandparents were Separatists and were some of the first Pilgrims to immigrate to the New World. I will be sharing more about them in the future, but until I get to that...
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Been Soule Searchin’ Today!
(Bishop) George Soule to be exact! George Soule was a servant to Edward Winslow and came to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower. He is my 10th great-grandfather through my Grandmother Reita Bishop. So if...
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Updated my Irish Roork page
I have just updated my Irish Roork surname page. Roork Family, 1940s? Samuel and Amanda (Moulder) Roork and children Filed under: Uncategorized
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Bunker Hill, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Nantucket Ancestors
I have recently started following this blog, Boston 1775, (Thanks to Dan H. for sharing about this site!), and if you love Colonial history, especially the American Revolution, then I think you will...
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Our Scottish POWs are now on Facebook!
(Pepper) Today I have launched a “sister-site” to the Scottish War Prisoners Yahoo Group on Facebook. Please go take a look and LIKE us and JOIN us! My direct paternal ancestor, John Hamilton (Pepper...
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The Quaboag Plantation and Our Hamilton Connection
I have just become aware of a great site for our Hamilton/Pepper and allied families research! Becky Chickering has created The Quaboag Plantation website with an interactive map showing the first...
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They shot his arm off!
I have several Civil War ancestors whose bodies and general health were never the same after their time in the Civil War. I started creating a page at my blog today to remember my Civil War...
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Would you take up the problems of life with me?
I just had to share this today in light of how casual wedding vows are taken today. This is from an obituary of Samuel Arthur, who lived from 1826 – 1918. “There, near Quincy, he met, wooed, won, and...
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Genealogy Roadshow starts in San Francisco
From SFGate.com: “PBS and KQED, the Bay Area’s public media outlet, are teaming up to create a new TV series combining the proven popularity of “Antiques Roadshow” with the ongoing interest in family...
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Grandpa Roork would have been 102 today!
If my grandfather Claud Franklin Roork was still alive today, he would have been 102 years old! Grandpa was born in Grandfield, Tillman, Oklahoma on May 15, 1911. He married my Grandmother Rachel Fay...
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Are you sure your ancestor came on the Mayflower? :)
Did you know that of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower only 26 heads of families have been recognized by the Mayflower Society as having descendants? Here is an excellent article all about this at...
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St. Martin of Tours, Sherford, Devon, England
Tomorrow, September 20, 2013, is the 227th anniversary of the baptism of my 4th Great-Grandfather William Trant of Sherford, Devon, England. He was baptized in St. Martin of Tours the same...
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“Genealogy Roadshow” begins on September 23rd on PBS
Everyone PLEASE watch the new PBS TV series “Genealogy Roadshow,” which begins on Monday evening, September 23rd at 9 PM Pacific Time (check your local listings)! This program will be helping “common”...
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