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Farmers All

March 7, 2025 If you’ve spent much time building your family tree, you’ve probably learned that many of your ancestors were farmers. In my own family, six of my eight great grandparents lived on farms (The other two lived in Oslo, Norway, and my great grandfather was a lamplighter for the city).   It isn’t …

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Family Lore

February 28, 2025 I always enjoyed the family stories that older members of the family told. As a genealogist, I’ve researched many of these family tales and learned that the tales are sometimes true but often aren’t. There are even a few that I can’t prove or disprove, despite decades of trying.   My maternal …

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February 21

February 21, 2025 I suppose every family has its own special days during the year. These are not universal holidays like the Fourth or July or Christmas that everyone celebrates. Rather, they’re the days that are only meaningful to a certain family. In my family one of the special days of the year was the …

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