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Remember Who You Are…

Posted in Family, Genealogy, tagged Genealogy on 02 Sep 2009 | Leave a Comment »

… Because nobody else will. All my life, people have tried to make my name into “Julia Anne,” and while that’s a beautiful name too, it’s not mine. My last name was written down many incorrect ways too, including “Princess.” Now that I’m married, people try to make me “Julia Watson.” When the topic of [...]

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Norwegian Heritage

Posted in Family, Genealogy, tagged Berven Family, Genealogy on 01 Sep 2009 | 1 Comment »

My children’s heritage is very diverse with ancestors from many European countries. While most branches of the family have been in America since colonial times, a few branches arrived here much later. The most recent arrivals were my mother-in-law’s grandparents, whose families came from Norway and Denmark. We have not yet been able to trace [...]

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Have a Merry Birthday!

Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Genealogy on 12 Jul 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Love you, Merry!

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When there were just two

Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Genealogy, tagged anniversary on 05 Jul 2009 | 2 Comments »

Hard to believe this was six years ago… Happy Anniversary, Joel and Blake!

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The Tax Man Cometh

Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Genealogy on 25 Jun 2009 | 2 Comments »

During a brief visit to my parents’ home earlier this month (with Steve, Jenna, Tim and Merry), Mom shared a humorous story regarding what was probably Granddad X.T.’s last term as Tax Commissioner of The State of Iowa (about 1967). It seems that for many years, property and personal taxes were calculated after an unwelcome, [...]

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So Glad You’re Dad

Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Genealogy, tagged fathers, Genealogy on 21 Jun 2009 | 2 Comments »

Happy Father’s Day to ALL my FAVORITE Dads, Granddads, and Uncles!

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StoryCorps

Posted in Genealogy, Uncategorized on 20 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t intend this as advertisement, but I suppose that’s what it is… not so much for the book or the nonprofit project I’m about to describe, but for the idea the project encourages. Ali heard a podcast today, thought of me and my interest in genealogy, and sent me a link to Katherine Lanpher’s [...]

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Civil War Letters from Danville Prison

Posted in Civil War Letters, Family, Genealogy, tagged Civil War, Genealogy, Needham Family on 14 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Although my own 2nd Great-Grandfather was wounded in battle during the Civil War and suffered terribly from those wounds for the remainder of his life, he did survive the war and return to his family. Another family member, whose story follows, was not so fortunate. Sergeant Lyman H. Needham (a son of my children’s 5th [...]

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Civil War Letters

Posted in Civil War Letters, Family, Genealogy, tagged Civil War, Genealogy, Richards Family on 12 May 2009 | 1 Comment »

LETTERS written by or to my 2nd Great-Grandfather, Richard E. Richards, who was born 2 Feb 1833 near Redditch, England in Sambourne, Coughton Parish, Diocese of Worcester, County of Warwick. He immigrated on the ship “Yorktown” to New York with the Charles Walford family on 28 May 1849; married his sweetheart, Sarah Walford, on 26 [...]

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