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Who will win this battle - the gravestone or the tree?
The Symbolic Past 8 Sep 2010 | 10:18 am
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Fig. 1 - (c) 2010 Marian Pierre-Louis. All Rights ReservedThis is what happens when a cemetery is not carefully maintained. The gravestones can become permanently entwined within a tree. In 2009 gravestone conservator Kai Nalenz attempted to extract the stone[…] -
Community Reference Links - the Wave of the Future
Roots and Rambles 8 Sep 2010 | 7:13 amThis morning I received a post from The Ancestry Insider titled "Killer Cool! Wow!!!" With a title like that I knew there had to be something good inside and I wasn't disapointed.Even before reading the post I saw a graphic[…]
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John G. CLIFT
Granite in My Blood 8 Sep 2010 | 6:20 am
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John G. CLIFTOriginally uploaded by midgefrazelIn August, I went in search of more gravestones nearby to the Clift, Denison, Holmes and Hoxie sections.I must be memorizing names in my charts as when I found this gravestone, I knew immediately that[…] -
National Genealogy Society 2011 Conference. Save the Date
Brophy's Irish Genealogy Blog 7 Sep 2010 | 6:29 amThe National Genealogy Society (NGS) has announced that the 2011 conference will take place May 11-14 in beautiful Charleston South Carolina. The conference will have a wide variety of speakers and topics including Irish and Scotch-Irish topics. I will will[…]
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Back to School in 1867
Pollyblog 4 Sep 2010 | 3:28 pm
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The smell of schoolbooks and new shoes is in the air and that can only mean "Back to School!" I imagine there was just as much September excitement 150 years ago as there is today. My great-grandfather, Israel Merritt Barnes[…] -
Online New England Maps from the Boston Public Library
The New England House Historian 22 Aug 2010 | 7:12 pm
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Maps are a great tool for house researchers, especially when dealing with missing records or those that are hard to find. Maps can show old, out of use historical names for local places, changing borders, or land owners from past[…] -
Vintage vibe: Gallery shows 'dags' from artist on the rise
The Photo Detective 7 Jul 2010 | 8:00 am
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Photograph:"Winter Flood" a 4.5 minute time exposure during a recent flood in the Squamscott River in Exeter, by Casey Waters. Courtesy of the artist
At Iocovozzi Fine Art, everything old really is new again.The downtown Savannah art gallery, one of[…] -
First Look: The Writing Circle Review
Beyond the Horizon 17 Jun 2010 | 1:56 pm"Writers Require Their Groups"As this was my first online book club, I had no preconceived notions about what it was going to be like. Progressing faster than I expected, the book and the group itself made me feel like the[…]
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May issue of JewishGen Success! Stories webzine now online
GenWeb 6 Jun 2010 | 11:14 amNo new content on the blog yet; been busy with my co-editor Nancy Siegel getting the newest issue of the Success! Stories webzine out on JewishGen. This issue focuses on stories of connections made by researchers from Brazil, Poland and[…]
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