Museum pieces
I was googling ancestors looking for more entries into the DAR. I know I have a fairly large group of military ancestors. It is my…
John Alden’s Rifle
It’s exciting to discover the next generation of ancestors. It’s even more exciting to discover where they lived and find that their home still stands….
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Celebrating The Allen Gazette, 100 years old!
I was researching this weekend and when I came upon my original copy of The Allen Gazette, I noted the date, 1917. It is 100…
Old Photos
As the years pass, my appreciation grows for old photos.These photos were taken in 1959. It isn’t simply the people portrayed in the photo but…
Baileys
Today I thought to do another round of paper diving within the Parker Family Bible published 1849. There are dozens of letters, newspaper clippings, and…
Scanning Documents
I have the original Allen Gazette, written by my family in 1917. I have planned to retype it into a PDF and load the link…
The Child’s Gem, a book now 169 yrs old
Finally I get to have a day to upload the important things that my family saved to pass down through the generations. This little book,…