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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

TRAVELS WITH CHERYL 4 : LIGHTHOUSES OF NEWBURYPORT, MA.

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 My sister Cheryl and I have a plan to photograph covered bridges and lighthouses as a way to get out and about during these Covid-19 days. ...
Sunday, February 14, 2021

JONAS PRESCOTT & MARY LOKER

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((This was first posted on 7Jul 2008. It's a nice story with probably a little truth to it, but true or not it makes a good Valentine...
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Saturday, February 06, 2021

THE BLIZZARD OF `78

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  It's the 42nd anniversary of the Blizzard of `78. I was house sitting in Abington for my sister and brother in law who were on a trip ...
Wednesday, February 03, 2021

ONCE MORE INTO THE GENE POOL

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 Ancestry.com is out with new Ethnicity Estimates and once again mine shows changes.    This time the pie chart shows three larger segments ...
Sunday, January 31, 2021

52 ANCESTORS 2: THOMAS WEST OF KINGSTON, MA. AND LIVERPOOL, NOVA SCOTIA

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There's two generations of the West family that I don't know much about. This is due to they were residents of Canada for all or par...
Saturday, January 30, 2021

14TH BLOGIVERSARY

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 As of last Saurday, January 23rd, this blog is 14 years old! There were times last year when I wasn't sure how much longer I would be a...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

52 ANCESTORS 1: ELISHA WEST OF KINGSTON MA. PT 2

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 I came across an unexpected possible connection to my own life when I was researching  my 6x great grandfather Elisha West. Elisha was marr...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

52 ANCESTORS 1: ELISHA WEST OF KINGSTON MA. PT 1

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Elisha West was born on 2Mar, 1693, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Patience and Peter. He married Mary Bearce at Plympton, Massachuse...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

MY GENEAPLANS FOR 2021

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So my geneaplans fpr 2021 are the same as they were for 2020. Luckily they are all things I can do online since I am no longer driving. And ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

MY 2020 GENEAPLANS: HOW DID I DO?

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 2020 pretty much was a washout for me genealogy wise because of health problems. I barely blogged, and becuse I gave up driving anything in...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

DEAR GENEA-SANTA 2020

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 9ear Genea-Santa, It's been a difficult year but then again, it has been for everyone, hasn't it? For health reasons I didn't d...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

CHRISTMAS: IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR 2020

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  ((originally posted in 2007)) Christmas Album to play on the stereo. There was also a Nat King Cole album and a Mitch Miller “Sing Alo...
Sunday, December 20, 2020

TRAVELS WITH CHERYL 3 PT2 NOBSKA LIGHT AT FALMOUTH, MA.

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 The third lighthouse we visited on Cape Cod was Nobska Light in Falmouth, Ma.,  not far from Woods Hole. It was the most scenic of the thre...
Saturday, December 19, 2020

TRAVELS WITH CHERYL 3: THE LIGHTHOUSES OF EASTHAM AND CHATHAM, MA.

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  My sister Cheryl and I have a plan to photograph covered bridges and lighthouses as a way to get out and about during these Covid-19 days....
Monday, December 14, 2020

GENEA-BLOG CAROLING: "GAUDETE"

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    Fellow geneablogger footnoteMaven began the Blog Caroling tradition. I'm carrying it on this year byharking back to my choice in 200...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: A CHRISTMAS CONFESSION

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  As you can see, I had a very formal relationship with Santa.No laps for me. A simple solemn pose would do, thank you, for the photo-op...
Saturday, December 12, 2020

TRAVELS WITH CHERYL 2: THE LIGHTHOUSES OF SCITUATE, MA.

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 My sister Cheryl and I have a plan to photograph covered bridges and lighthouses as a way to get out and about during these Covid-19 days. ...
Friday, December 11, 2020

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: PARTIES- OBJECTS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR...

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((First published in December, 2007)) I don’t recall many holiday parties from my earlier childhood. In our family folks were too busy w...
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Thursday, December 10, 2020

AUNT DOT REMEMBERS CHRISTMAS

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  This was originally posted back on 25Jul 2007. I thought I'd repost  it again because of the Christmas memories: This was the first...
Wednesday, December 09, 2020

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: OH APPLE TREE, OH APPLE TREE!

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(originally published in Dec. 2007) My family was fortunate in that we never lived in the sort of place where Christmas outdoor decorati...