This is the FOURTH of a series of Excerpts from Immigrant Secrets, the story of how I solved the mystery of my lost grandparents, Francesco and Elisabetta. #familyhistory #genealogy
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Immigrant Secrets - Chapter 1
This is the second of a series of Excerpts from Immigrant Secrets, the story of how I solved the mystery of my lost grandparents. #familyhistory #genealogy
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Immigrant Secrets - Chapter 2
This is the THIRD of a series of Excerpts from Immigrant Secrets, the story of how I solved the mystery of my lost grandparents. #familyhistory #genealogy
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Immigrant Secrets - Prologue
This is the first of a series of excerpts from Immigrant Secrets, a real life #familyhistory mystery. Enjoy. #genealogy
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An early 1900s Cagney and Lacey
Turns out my son-in-law is connected through his G-G-Grandmother, a Cagney and Lacey character in her time, to the longest serving mayor of Jersey City, a machine politics guy who was a character on Boardwalk Empire.
Juneteenth -- A Reflection
Every picture tells a story. Some stories can be upsetting, but that’s no reason to keep them hidden.
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Brick Walls and Missing Links
Sometimes it’s a brick wall, and sometimes it’s a weak link in the chain. #genealogy #familyhistory
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Nannie Watkins Davis (1850-1902)
For families in the 1800s, death was never far away — and personal.
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James Polk Stull (1845-1911)
How did people 300 miles apart meet in the 1800s?
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Caleb Sowers (1840-1927)
Back of the picture info: Caleb Sowers (1840-1927) is in the lower left of the picture. The fifer next to him is Samuel Palmer. The photo was probably taken between 1905 and 1910 at a Confederate reunion.
46/52 - Your Kids Don't Want Your Stuff
Here's a newsflash for everyone of a specific age intent on saving precious things to someday give your kids. Don't bother.
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45/52 – From "Love Boat" to "Monday Night Football"
This week, our oldest, Joey, turns 40. My goodness, where have the years gone?
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44/52 – Happy Birthday and Last Words
Last words and connected lives.
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43/52 - The Kennedy Assassination
Where we you on November 22, 1963?
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42/52 – 70-ish
I am approaching an inconceivable milestone in January. Only a few months are left to make off-color jokes about my current age.
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41/52 - Rage
Well, it's been quite a week. We've gone someplace I thought we would never go as a country.
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40/52 – Money in Politics
Your first REAL job after college is always memorable. For most of us, in high school jobs, we were doing things that helped us understand what we did NOT want to do after college.
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39/52 - It's time to vote
Today, I proudly cast my early vote for Kamala Harris. One last post about the Trump Snake Oil.
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38-52 - Brotherhood
Fraternities can sometimes provide something even more valuable than beer. Although the beer is also pretty good.
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37/52 - Middle School
Let's see... 1967 is to 2024 as 1910 is to 1967. Yikes.
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