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Saturday, June 28, 2008

JOHN PRESCOTT

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I was having trouble thinking of free spirits and independent thinkers in my family tree. It's not that there aren't any, it's ...
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SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 8

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Okay, so you are visiting New England on a hot summer day and stop at a Brigham's or Friendly's for an ice cream cone and the person...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

MY BARKER LINE

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Before I move on to Jesse and Benjamin Barker, I thought I'd briefly list my Barker Line. I decided to just list my direct ancestors be...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

"HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE BOSTON IRISH"

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I've previously mentioned reading the story of Barney McGinniskin in Peter F. Stevens' Hidden History of the Boston Irish . I skim...
Monday, June 23, 2008

BLOGGING BRUNCH 16

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I'm on vacation this week and slept in today. I do have plans for this week involving some genealogy research but I need a haircut badly...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

FLYBOYS

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I think I may have posted this photo once before. It's from when my Dad was training for the Air Corps during World War II before he was...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

THE FAMILY PETS1-PICTURES

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It finally dawned on me that I forgot to include some pictures with my Carnival of Genealogy post about pets. So here are three. The first i...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

THE 50th CARNIVAL OF GENEALOGY : FAMILY PETS

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Welcome to the 50th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy! This edition we're sharing stories and pictures of the beloved pets that have ...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

PHEW!

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It's been one of those days. Ping didn't start this morning, which was probably for the best since I wasn't feeling too well and...
Sunday, June 15, 2008

THE FAMILY PETS1:BROWNIE

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As I mentioned in my post on family cars, the history of our family pets is an epic in itself. Most of our dogs and cats were "characte...
Saturday, June 14, 2008

REMINDER: CARNIVAL OF GENEALOGY DEADLINE!

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Just a reminder that this Sunday June 15th is the deadline for your submissions to the 50th Carnival of Genealogy! Do you have some memorabl...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

OF SODA POP AND HAM,

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I've been talking with my coworkers about my "Speak Like a Native New Englander" series and one of them told me how when she w...
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SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 7

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Back in the 1960's Mr. Peabody was the Governor of Massachusetts. No, his boy Sherman was not Lt. Governor, nor did he own a "Wayba...
Friday, June 06, 2008

SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 6

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In honor of Lori Thornton of Smoky Mountain Family Historian who's up this way attending a conference and doing some genealogy research...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008

PRIDE

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We got a new book in at Borders last week for my "All Things Local" section and the minute I saw it I knew I'd be buying a cop...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

THE 49th EDITION OF THE CARNIVAL OF GENEALOGY IS OUT!

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The 49th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, the Swimsuit Edition is up over at Jasia's Creative Gene and is full of posts on beache...
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Sunday, June 01, 2008

HE WAS SO THIRSTY HE GULPED DOWN THE WHOLE CABINET!

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With this entry we widen the scope of how to speak New Englandese to include the words and terms peculiar to the area. So let's start w...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

HOUGHS NECK

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When I was a kid "going to the beach" meant we were going to visit my grandaunt and granduncle Peggy and Leo McCue at their cottag...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 5

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Scituate is a nearby town on the coast of Massachusetts with some nice scenery and a name that gives newcomers pause. As usual with many nam...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

WHILE YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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When I got the idea to do a series of posts about some of the place names of New England and another series on pronunciations, I found two v...
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