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Handwriting of the Past
My great-great-great-grandmother Ama Ann (Cleveland) Smith (1840-1911)'s handwriting. Her spelling is bit off, but you can see that snow in New England has always been a subject of conversation.
Jan 26, 2009 8:37:00 AM
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Presidential Families
Everyone knows the names of the dynastic presidential families such as Adams, Harrison, Roosevelt, and Bush. But there are even more families that have produced up to five presidents with names like Richardson or Perkins. Below are the families from which I descend that have also produced two or more presidents: Clapp (several emigrants to Dorchester, Mass.): (5) Garfield, Bushes, FDR and Coolidge. Howland (three brothers to Plymouth, Mass.): (5) FDR, Bushes, Nixon, and Ford. White (two sisters who married a Loomis and Porter of Conn.): (4) Fillmore, Grant, Cleveland, Ford. Perkins (two cousins to Ipswich, Mass. and Hampton, N.H.):...
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Death Records
Death records are the hardest things to find particularly in the 19th century. My great-grandfather Burt Hale Pinkham 1881-1950 was born in Dover, N.H. Using his ancestry you can see the diversity in sources I've used for death records. 2. George Hale Pinkham d. 12 Nov 1888, Concord, N.H. [his Civil War pension file] 3. Olive Ann Hurd d. 13 May 1934, Winchester, Mass. [Mass. State Death Certificate] 4. Luther Hale Pinkham d. 27 Oct 1873, Milton, N.H. [N.H. State Death Certificate] 5. Mary Chamberlain Wallis d. 22 Jan 1866, New Durham, N.H. [A Genealogy of Runnels and Reynolds Families...
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