Miss-Interpretations One beautiful Monday morning in early spring, my sister and I had something that was weighing heavily on our minds. We had been to church on Sunday and this matter was pertaining to the preacher’s sermon and we felt it was time that we were doing something...
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Lea’s Dream The moon was shining brightly and I was on my way home. Suddenly something went wrong. Everything became dark and I was caught in a pair of strong arms. It was useless for me to try to wrench myself free. I was not in...
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Knot Holes The weather was getting nice and warm so Anne and I decided to pay Hazel this promised visit. It was a nice long walk and very pleasant. After we had rested for sometime, Hazel showed us through her nice new home. We passed...
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Hospital Ghosts The world outside was shivering in cold while I occupied a spotless white bed inside a warm hospital. Sometime during the wee small hours of the morning, my pains and aches were getting the better of me. I decided I might feel as well if...
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Herbert The weather was nice and warm and all the plants and trees were getting dresses in their new clothes for summer. I climbed over the fence and started down across the meadow to the creek to see what I could find. Little did I realize that Herkie’s...
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Cops and Robbers The evening sun had hidden its face behind the mountains, casting a beautiful sunset across the sky. Darkness was appearing fast, and another day had almost passed. Our daily farm chores had been completed for this day. I had just finished mine and...
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Camping at Hickory Nut Gap Cabin One day in early spring, I heard a conversation that was not for my ears. It went something like this, “It’s time to plant the potatoes at Hickory Nut Gap Cabin.” This cabin was located in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park,...
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A Visit to a Spook Easy The Tennessee State Fair was in its infancy when I got a chance to go to this much talked of place. Once inside the gate, I stood awe stricken and wondered if it could be possible. After touring the midways and...
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A Trip to the Molasses’ Still The smell of wood smoke filled the air. It seemed to have some peculiar drawing power, which caused my curiosity to be aroused. I gave in the urges to find where it was coming from. Finally, I spotted the place and on arriving at...
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A Haunted House It was just after dusk one night early in the fall that I made a call at an old dilapidated, uninhabited dwelling house located in a deep forest. This house was said to be haunted. The air was cool crisp and the fog hovered...
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A Dime or a Tooth A little red hen was in the yard very busy finding food for her large brood of baby chicks. Her presence caused a thought to race through my father’s head as to how the little red hen could find some quick food and...
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This old guitar has taken me to many unusual places. It's one of the most special keepsakes I own.
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As I typed in the heading for this topic, I stopped and pondered over it for a few minutes. Was my greatest achievement the swimming trophies, medal and prizes I won as a teenager? Was my greatest achievement my nursing career; gaining my General , Psychiatric and Theatre qualifications while still...
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For the most part my family ancestry is a mystery to me. Having missed the opportunity to ask my father about his side of the family and then also having missed the chance to later ask my mother, I found myself feeling lost and unable to tell my own daughter much...
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. FAMILY HISTORY: Adolph Christian Ferdinand Moll immigrated to America from Germany in the early 1850s and settled in St Louis where he started a retail grocery store. In 1858 at the age of 24 he became a US citizen. On Feb 2, 1861, Adolph married Hedwig Balleseau who had been...
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LEGACY STORY PROMPT MY ANCESTORS ANSWER THIS LEGACY QUESTION: What information do you know about your ancestors that impacts your life today? MEMORY TRIGGERS- Use these memory triggers to help kick start legacy stories about your ancestors. Or, add your own. Where did your grandparents and/or great-grandparents come from? What did...
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It's been quite a journey since returning hone and being discharged. Like any life story there is too much to include in any one story. The highlights are, among other things, my 10 year career in a rock band with my brothers in the 70's. To see a slide show of...
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Annie Payne is an Australian personal historian, who founded her business, History from the Heart, in 2006. She first commenced interviewing people about their life stories in 1988 as a Bi-centennial project and hasn’t stopped following her passion. Her love of family stories was ignited as a small girl, begging...
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Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Mine is made of corrugated green glass and it has been a fixture on the kitchen bench all of my life, in Brisbane, Adelaide and now in Perth. I’m not sure exactly when Mum bought the butter dish, or perhaps it was...
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Russell's son Charles Gregory with son's wife Celia Gregory Russell Gregory Russell Gregory was my great-grandfather four times removed, who settled into Cades Cove after 1818. The American government removed the Cherokee Native Americans and made the cove available to white settlers. Russell started his farm and...
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