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The Best Place in Town - J. J. Newberry's
On the corner of Third Street and Dakota Avenue, the busiest intersection in town, sat J. J. Newberry's Department Store. In many ways, it was the hub of downtown - it offered a little something for...
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52 Ancestors: #1 A Second Look at the Life of Susan Bliss
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog.***************************************In all the research I have done into the lives of...
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52 Ancestors: #2 Nicolai Knutz - Looking for a Better Life
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog.***************************************Franken and Nicholas Knutz[photo courtesy of...
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52 Ancestors: #3 Andreas Larsen of Hundhammer
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog.*******************************************I had scanned hundreds of photos that...
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52 Ancestors: #4 Ole Mattis Brevik Frendahl, Looking for the Rest of the Story
I looked a good, long time for Uncle Matt, as I’d heard him called. My Aunt Mary and I would have some enjoyable conversations about family history, and we did a lot of wondering about him. He was...
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This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog.*******************************************I was delighted to inch my way back to 14...
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Old Pins in a bag of "Junk"
I love to buy old buttons and pins from antique stores or garage sales. It's always interesting to see what odd things you'll find. This is a United Hagie Seed Twine pin. Perhaps the "5" is for...
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52 Ancestors: #6–William Graves of NC, OH, IL
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog. *******************************************William and Rebecca (Stretch) GravesWilliam...
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The Old Cookbook
30 years ago, as a new bride, I got this Betty Crocker cookbook from my dear Aunt Mabel. It was my first cookbook, and I consulted it frequently over the years, always thinking of her when I used it....
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52 Ancestors: #7–Ray Christensen- Making a Night Fighter out of a Farmer
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog. ******************************************* © Karen Seeman.Whatever possessed Ray...
View Article52 Ancestors: #8–Charlotte Debolt: Making a Case for her Parentage
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog. ******************************************* Charlotte Debolt was my fifth...
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52 Ancestors: #9-The Disappearing Daughters of Roland Sisson
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog.******************************************* Sometimes interesting things happen when you...
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52 Ancestors: #10–Michael Joyce: The Man Who Can’t be Pinned Down
Michael and Catherine JoyceWhen you’re researching a man named Michael Joyce from Ireland, you have to expect that things aren’t going to be easy. Probably much like researching a man named John...
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This is Where…
Back in 2006, we took a trip back to my grandparents’ home in South Dakota. The last of them, my grandfather, passed away in 1996, and my mother continued on there for another 9 years before moving in...
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52 Ancestors: #11: John Quincy Adams of Vermont, Illinois, and Iowa
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog. ******************************************* John Q. AdamsJohn Adams always impressed me...
View Article52 Ancestors: #12 - A Curious Probate for Casper Kluthe
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog. ******************************************* Casper Kluthe was a German immigrant who...
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52 Ancestors: #13–Harriet Searle Van Brocklin - Doing God’s work on the Prairie
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog. This post was originally published in 2010, but since I can’t do better telling her...
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52 Ancestors: #14–My Granny’s Love for Her Granny
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog.*******************************************The pictures to the left are of the gravesite...
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52 Ancestors: #15–William Lair and the “Lucky Thirteen”
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog.******************************************* On April 19, 1861, days after Abraham...
View Article52 Ancestors: #16–Finding a Family for Joseph Nickeson
This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" challenge. Learn more at her blog.******************************************* I was scooting along quite nicely with the...
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