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Canadian Challenge
My great grandfather Harvey R Russell came to Maine from Canada all I know is what is contained on his marriage liscense to my Great Grandmother Cecilia A Rockwell. Continue reading ...
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Josiah Thomas a freed slave serves his country at his own risk
My great great grandfather Josiah Thomas, a free man wanted to serve his country. So he had to turn his papers in to show proof that he was free. He enlisted because he loved his country. Continue reading ...
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A Sense of Self
I was extremely lucky when I began to investigate my family history. Both of my parents’ families had kept a strong oral history of the people they were and where they came from. I began with my current elders and worked my way back – essentially confirming the oral history along the way. Continue reading ...
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Pacifists, Early and Late Comers to America
My mother's people, Menonites, came from Germany to Pennsylvania at the invitation of William Penn about 1740. Being pacifists, after the American Revolution, they found themselves unwelcome and undertook a six-week wagon train to Ottowa Canada, becoming the first European settlers in their area. Continue reading ...
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Just the Beginning
Despite the fact that I was adopted to an Italian-American family, I embrace the truth that I am a young, African-American female who has lots of questions about where I come from and from who. After watching “African American Lives 2” and Alex Haley’s “Roots” collection and “Queen”, I truly felt inspired. Continue reading ...
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At age 40 I found a sister I never knew I had in England & My Irish family I did not know existed
My Irish mother from Dublin traveled the world and landed in Boston. She then died when I was 8 due to terminal illness. Her Irish family had all predeceased her, or so I thought. Continue reading ...
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Soldiers and Statesmen. Adventurers and Artists.
Covering over eight centuries of history, in the United States, Switzerland and Argentina, the de Büren family saga is replete with passionate tales of soldiers, statesmen, adventurers and artists. Continue reading ...
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virginia lee powellMother/FATHemersonharrison milmer
The of anyblack person is the understand their heretiage, cultural deprivation is loplothe slaveholder of the blackman in this century. Continue reading ...
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Brett Family
My original ancestor, William Brett was here in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony about 1639, emigarting from Canterbury, England. Continue reading ...
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My Father Was Found On A Train
My Father Was Found On A Train In Red Wing Minnesota. On November 11,1918. He Had Been Left Under the Seat In A Mans Shoe/Boot Box . Continue reading ...
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