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Genealogy30 names in two pages of newspaper: Allen, Baisden, Birchett, Bishop, Bridges, Brown, Butler, Cloud, Craig, Davis, Fowler, Griffin, Harper, Higgs, Johnson, Jones, Lewis, Melix, Meyer, Morris, Phillips, Rich, Seaver, Smith, Solomon, Span, Tillery, Wehlitz, Wilcher, Williams Location, Newspaper name, Date and Link, followed by full name and age of person and a screen print... Continue Reading →
Once again I found one (1) obituary and with that one obit, I was able to create a tree that has 164 people on it. The obituary I found in the The Free Lance-Star was for "Mrs. Martha E Jett" who died in Stafford County, Virginia on June 11, 1950. There was only one (1)... Continue Reading →
Problem: I get two images of the same person on my tree. Query: How do I fix this? This problem and query was posted on a FaceBook group page and Eva had some screen prints to show what was happening. Richard Austin was coming up in two places on her tree. Anne, one of the... Continue Reading →
I found an 1855 newspaper Sexton report that has the names and ages of people who died in 1854. I created a screen print of the newspaper item and posted it on the Ancestry dot com Message Board. Link to the newspaper item: Sexton Report I then transcribed the report: Soloman Mann 30 y 8... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the following link I was able to find out what "WNU Service" designated. The Stripper's Guide blog blog discusses the history of the American newspaper comic strip. Obscurity of the Day: Mickie, The Printer's Devil" ...He took the concept to the editor of Western Newspaper Union, a syndicate that supplied material mostly to... Continue Reading →
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