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February 2010 Blog Posts (83)

Grandma Great Great , whom are you.

SOME potential last names for this Grandma Great Great of my Grandfather HOffman.

DUVALL, HAINES, ELY EALY, RITCHIE, PATTERSON, HENDERSON, STOLLAR, FRY /FRYE,

Area could be sw PA ( Washington, Greene, Fayette Co.'s) West Virginia of today, Virginia at the time picture taken, Maryland, New Jersey or mid eastern PA or Philadelphia .. for where born? OOps maybe even NJ.

If you compare her to your photos or… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on February 1, 2010 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Writing a Family Biography (Part 2)- A Handy Template

A Family Biography Template

Many people shy away from including too much writing in their family history books, assuming it takes some special talent. Often this results in a quick rendition of the facts of a person's life, born, worked, married, died. Not exactly creative.

Below I have prepared a simple template anyone can use to write a creative biography about an ancestor or a living relative. This template provides an added element, a family element. This tool will help you… Continue

Added by Lynn Palermo on February 1, 2010 at 12:40pm — 2 Comments

Levi Younger, Mariner and Prisoner of War

Levi Younger, Mariner and Prisoner of War

During the War of 1812, Britain imposed its power over the newly minted United States of America and thus impressed thousands of American soldiers into British service. The Royal Navy had 175 ships of the line and 600 ships overall, requiring 140,000 sailors. Volunteers alone were not enough to recruit enough seamen. New England lost many fishermen, sailors and mariners to forced labor or imprisonment.

Levi Younger was a Gloucester… Continue

Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on February 1, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments