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A Night to Remember

Janet Holt

It was after 6:00 when my long day ended and the offices were quiet at last. I surveyed my overflowing desk, then stood and stretched wearily. Alone in the silence, I could hear the snaps and crackles as I slowly rotated my neck to relieve the day’s tension. I hoped...

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My Favorite Aunt, Ruth

deanne groves

I received a package in the mail at Christmas when I was about ten years old. After gently removing the brown mailing paper on the outside, then pulling off the lovely wrapping paper on the inside, I dug through the layers of tissue. There I found the most beautiful, albeit totally...

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Ancestor Surprises

Tom Cormier

I wish I knew my grandparents better before they passed. What I know of them comes from a few visits as a child and conversations with my parents. Genealogists are often surprised by their discoveries about past family members. But what will my descendants be surprised to know about me? That...

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Giving Up Barbershops

Dick Pellek

On the road…again!!! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Giving Up Barbershops Except for the one time he went to a barber in Gainesville, Florida before leaving for the Organization for Tropical Studies study program in Costa Rica in 1970, the Footloose Forester decided to...

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Travels By Train

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Travels By Train On his first travels west of the Rocky Mountains, the Footloose Forester had a premonition that he would never again be as happy as he was in the mountains. Seeing the Rockies...

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John Blackham, Susannah Lees and Elizabeth Catrine Nielsen

Karen Mack

My Great Great Grandfather and Grandmother John Blackham Susannah Lees JOHN BLACKHAM BORN: 14 November 1827 PLACE: Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England CHRISTENED: November 1827 BAPTIZED: 4 April 1849 by T. J. Schofield CONFIRMED: 29 April 1849 by...

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Things I Miss

Millard Don Carriker

This is simply a word picture of something I often experienced as a boy. As often happens I didn’t know how much I loved these things until I realized they no longer shared my world. Steam Engines: At the mid-century point of the 20 th Century hundreds of awesome black...

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Training Mission

Bernie Jackson

When I was in the Navy and we'd be out to sea, once a week we'd have boxing matches. And the other week we'd have wrestling matches. It was for entertainment to keep the troops entertained when we were out to sea. We'd be out six to eight months at...

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Measuring Height Is More Reliable Than Eyeballing

Dick Pellek

On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Trinity Center, California A few memoirs are related almost exclusively to forestry ventures, and some of the very sweetest memories are about the sights, sounds and events when Cal-Pacific Forest Consultants had a contract...

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Murray Rose, the Tumble Turn and Me

Annie Payne

My love of water began early when Dad hoisted me on to his shoulders and waded out into the Pacific Ocean as it reached Queensland’s golden beaches. As he was 6’6 ½” tall, I had a bird’s eye view of the beach as he turned and warned me to “Hang on...

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Scherherazade Disappeared

Millard Don Carriker

As part of the business of our moving into a “Retirement Condo Community” (It is mid-April 2012 as I write this) we have been taking inventory of the tangible “driftwood” that has piled up on the shores of our lives over the years and disposing of things that were once useful...

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Face Of A VC Soldier Exposed In A Parachute Flare

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Uniform or Not, Civilian or Not Uniform or not, civilian or not, many of us who spent more than a year in Viet Nam saw lots of action of one form or another. There...

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Newspapers' Value in Research--and Beyond

Golden V. Adams Jr.

Newspapers may just give us the "story behind the story!"

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Describe unique traits that have been passed down to you by an ancestor.

Diane Mason Gray

Being interested in family history since the age of 10 years old, I am keenly aware of some of the many genes I inherited. Firstly, I believe diabetes came to me from my paternal side of the family--the Masons--because Daddy developed Type 2 diabetes in his 40s and I in my 50s. Well,...

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A Rare Species of Palm Threatened With Extinction

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION Attalea crassispatha (C. Martius) Burret, the "Coco rosse" known only to a handful of botanists and the Haitian villagers in the Southwest of Haiti, may be one of the rarest palms...

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Make at least one prediction for the future

Diane Mason Gray

I think we won't have to carry a phone or computer around with us, that we will be able to simply "call up" a phone or computer in the air and be able to see it and interact with it in whatever way suits us best: voice, touch, or eye movements. Automobiles,...

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Getting To Morocco On A Pass

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Getting To Morocco On A Pass With a hand-written copy of the Rhein-Main flight schedule in his back pocket, Footloose Forester was not sure where he would end up during his first leave period from his...

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My Business - You're going to love ....

Karen B Mack

You're going to love Legacy Stories Forever!!! Not sure where to start or what to do??? Legacy Stories will help you get the start you need – It’s simple, fun and easy ! Share those priceless memories with your loved ones today!!! We’ll help you get -- -- Organized –...

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Upsetting the Apple Cart: A Treatise on the Truth of the Fact the Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree

Heirlooms To Go Ltd

And now, from the planet Mars...

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I JUST WANTED TO SING

Linda K Black

I JUST WANTED TO SING Bright lights! Beautiful music! Big Celebrities! As an eight year old girl from a small, small town in Arkansas, every day I dreamed of and imagined myself in this spotlight. I was destined to become a star. Could anyone have told me that I would...

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A Night to Remember

My Favorite Aunt, Ruth

Ancestor Surprises

Giving Up Barbershops

Travels By Train

John Blackham, Susannah Lees and Elizabeth Catrine Nielsen

Things I Miss

Training Mission

Measuring Height Is More Reliable Than Eyeballing

Murray Rose, the Tumble Turn and Me

Scherherazade Disappeared

Face Of A VC Soldier Exposed In A Parachute Flare

Newspapers' Value in Research--and Beyond

Describe unique traits that have been passed down to you by an ancestor.

A Rare Species of Palm Threatened With Extinction

Make at least one prediction for the future

Getting To Morocco On A Pass

My Business - You're going to love ....

Upsetting the Apple Cart: A Treatise on the Truth of the Fact the Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree

I JUST WANTED TO SING

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