AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors
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| Blog Name: | AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors |
| Url: | http://ancestories1.blogspot.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | genealogy, michigan, netherlands |
| Description: | A blog about my genealogical research: my triumphs, my challenges, my research notes...plus some tips and links for you. |
| Popularity: | 118 Followers |
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November 2009 Calendar of Events
Dull November brings the blast;Then the leaves are whirling fast.--from "The Garden Year" by Sara ColeridgeHolidays, History, and Heritage
Dull November brings the blast;Then the leaves are whirling fast.--from "The Garden Year" by Sara ColeridgeHolidays, History, and Heritage
Happy Hallowe'en!
It's still Hallowe'en on the West Coast as I write this. The following photo is of the very first time I celebrated the holiday...I was 4 1/2 years old and remember it being taken. I had a clown mask, too, but didn't wear it when our picture was taken. The little girl on my left was our neighbor girl and it was taken in their home at that time; an Airstream travel trailer parked across the street from our mobile home. A few years later, both our fathers build homes outside of the little village of Klawock, Alaska on adjoining properties.
It's still Hallowe'en on the West Coast as I write this. The following photo is of the very first time I celebrated the holiday...I was 4 1/2 years old and remember it being taken. I had a clown mask, too, but didn't wear it when our picture was taken. The little girl on my left was our neighbor girl and it was taken in their home at that time; an Airstream travel trailer parked across the street from our mobile home. A few years later, both our fathers build homes outside of the little village of Klawock, Alaska on adjoining properties.
Surname Saturday: BARBER
The BARBER surname belongs to my maternal grandmother's biological mother. My grandmother was an adoptee, and I will be highlighting both her biological and her adoptive families' surnames in my Surname Saturday posts.The BARBER name is an very old one. Barbers in the medieval times were not just haircutters; they were also surgeons and dentists. The root word "barb" means to cut. In the days before the common man was literate, barbers would place a red and white striped pole outside their establishment to mark their business. The colors were representative of white surgical cloths stained with blood. That ancient practice is now manifested in electronically revolving red and bl
The BARBER surname belongs to my maternal grandmother's biological mother. My grandmother was an adoptee, and I will be highlighting both her biological and her adoptive families' surnames in my Surname Saturday posts.The BARBER name is an very old one. Barbers in the medieval times were not just haircutters; they were also surgeons and dentists. The root word "barb" means to cut. In the days before the common man was literate, barbers would place a red and white striped pole outside their establishment to mark their business. The colors were representative of white surgical cloths stained with blood. That ancient practice is now manifested in electronically revolving red and bl
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ENTIRE U.S. CENSUS GOES INTERACTIVE WITH FOOTNOTE.COM-Footnote.com to feature original documents from every publicly available U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930-Lindon, UT – October 29, 2009 – Today Footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com) announced it will digitize and create a searchable database for all publicly available U.S. Federal Censuses ranging from the first U.S. Census taken in 1790 to the most current public census from 1930. Through its partnership with The National Archives, Footnote.com will add more than 9.5 million images featuring over a half a billion
ENTIRE U.S. CENSUS GOES INTERACTIVE WITH FOOTNOTE.COM-Footnote.com to feature original documents from every publicly available U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930-Lindon, UT – October 29, 2009 – Today Footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com) announced it will digitize and create a searchable database for all publicly available U.S. Federal Censuses ranging from the first U.S. Census taken in 1790 to the most current public census from 1930. Through its partnership with The National Archives, Footnote.com will add more than 9.5 million images featuring over a half a billion
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© Miriam Robbins Midkiff, 2009
© Miriam Robbins Midkiff, 2009
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