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Gum Disease and Heart Disease – A Strong Connection
Paternal Prose —
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Benjamin Franklin once quoted she laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth. We can now probably add and a healthy heart. Recent research studies have shown a striking association between poor dental hygiene and coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease may be responsible for 20% of deaths ...1 day ago -
SET IN STONE?
West in New England —
Authority: 406
Many genealogists , including myself, spend a lot of time in cemeteries. We hunt for dead relatives, either ours or someone elses to take pictures of gravestones sometimes in the hopes of finding missing birth or death dates on our family trees. But that information is not already correct. Case in point: Heres a ...2 days ago -
Searching for Private Daniel Commerford of Dundela
PATRICK COMERFORD —
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Private Daniel Commerfords letter from the trenches in France to his Rector at home in Belfast (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2012) Patrick Comerford My friend and colleague, Dr Susan Hood of the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin, is trying to find any descendants of a Daniel Commerford who was a ...3 days ago -
Tips For Dealing with Obesity Prevention Is Your Best
Weight Loss Tips —
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Tips For Dealing with Obesity Prevention Is Your Best Treatment Over the last 20 years obesity has become a serious problem for many people. There are often many reasons why this problem may occur. Some of the most common reasons…3 days ago -
An old photo of a box and the story it played in my familys history
Chasing Ray —
Authority: 105
In 1924, when he was ten years old, my great uncle Thomas was nearly burned to death. Thomas and several of his friends were playing in a vacant lot down the street from their apartment building in the Bronx when they discovered this large discarded wooden box. According to my grandmother there were paint cans of some ...4 days ago -
An Extra Page From “Quaint Epitaphs,” by Safford
Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research —
Authority: 104
The following epitaphs are from Susan Darling Safford’s Quaint Epitaphs, Fourth Edition (Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. 1902). This volume was originally copyright 1898 by S.D Safford. The book the included image is from is part of a private family collection. The handwriting is unknown to me, and due to the ...4 days ago -
7 Layouts in 3 Hours: #5 Grammys Kitchen
KISS AND TELL SCRAPBOOKING —
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I used a patterened paper with squares on the horizontal and put die cut circles into some of the squares. Then I machine stitched over the circles mimicing the tea cup cabinet in my mother in laws kitchen, I made the page before choosing the photo or story so maybe the way those circles looked like plates in ...5 days ago -
Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest
Manchester City Library —
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Who do you think you are? Find out by researching your family history! The New Hampshire Room at the Main Library is a treasure-trove of information for anyone hoping to track down long forgotten family members. The New Hampshire Room is a reference collection of materials of interest to the local historian and ...5 days ago -
Sunday’s Obituary: James Manning, Anchorage, Alaska Territory
Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research —
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James Manning, A.R.R. Veteran, Passes Away Funeral Service To Be Held Tomorrow From Anchorage Funeral Parlors James Manning, dean of telegraph operators on the Alaska Railroad, deied at 4:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the Anchorage hospital, following a lingering illness. Mr. Manning was admitted to the hospital ...1 week ago -
Jennifer Gilmore: My Bridge to Nowhere
Blogs —
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"We thought that once we decided on adoption, out of the ether, a child would appear. We were wrong." read more1 week ago -
Jennifer Gilmore: My Bridge to Nowhere
Blogs —
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"We thought that once we decided on adoption, out of the ether, a child would appear. We were wrong." read more1 week ago -
Quebec Family History Society launches new website
Olive Tree Genealogy Blog —
Authority: 458
This announcement came to Olive Tree Genealogy yesterday:MONTREAL, January 15, 2012 — The Quebec Family History Society (QFHS) is proud to announce the launch of its new website at www.qfhs.ca. Located at the same address as the genealogical society’s original site, the website features several new sections, such ...2 weeks ago -
January 17, and auspicious births
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub —
Authority: 507
The First American, Ben Franklin, was born on this day in 1706 . Exactly a century later, Thomas Jefferson’s daughter, Martha, bore James Madison Randolph, the first child born in the White House (fitting that Thomas Jefferson’s grandson would be named after James Madison, no?). And in 1990, James Darrell ...2 weeks ago -
What is the legacy of a People?
'On a flesh and bone foundation': An Irish History —
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LEGACY: legacy |ˈlegəsē|: noun ( pl. -cies) • a thing handed down by a predecessor. Origin: late Middle English; from Old French legacie, from medieval Latin legatia ‘legateship,’ from legatus ‘person delegated’. In the Oxford English dictionary, standing apart from the pronunciation and etymology of ...2 weeks ago -
Book Review: Struggles, Service & Smiles: The Autobiography of a Depression Era Kid by Robert B. Wiley, Lt. Col., USAF, Ret.
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Struggles, Service & Smiles is a warm and uplifting autobiography.2 weeks ago -
Remembering Dr. King
The Write Side of My Brain —
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. I have more thoughts on the legacy of Dr. King in my article at Richmond Bible Examiner: Honoring Dr. King2 weeks ago -
52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy: Free Online Sources for Irish Family History and Genealogy
'On a flesh and bone foundation': An Irish History —
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Despite budgetary constraints amid the financial meltdown that still plagues the island of my ancestors, when it comes to Irish genealogy sources available online, there is an ongoing effort to make available as many family history and genealogy resources as possible, and all FREE of charge. A sincere THANK YOU ...2 weeks ago -
Visiting the Pastor Ancestral Home in Batangas City
Life So Mundane —
Authority: 104
Sometimes, the most wondrous of God’s gifts are just hiding in plain sight. I was in Batangas City last weekend; and although my business itinerary did not originally include a guided tour, my host was hell-bent on giving me one. One simply does not say no to God’s graces.So thus, as a totally welcome bonus to ...2 weeks ago -
The Treason and Trial of Edward Gove
Pat and Kathie —
Authority: 79
Sometimes in the course of researching family history a story arises that should be put down in our family collection of stories, and this is one. Londoner John Gove, a brazier (brass worker), sailed to Charlestown (now Boston) in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1647 with three children, John, Edward, and young ...2 weeks ago -
Odd: Family History For Sale, By a Stranger
Mike's Musings —
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I was doing some idle family-name searching this weekend and came across a person on Etsy selling illustrations by my grandmother from a book published in 1929. This gorgeous double-sided plate features the work of the artist Isabel Cooper from specimens at the American Museum of Natural History. One side features ...2 weeks ago


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