Tag: history
member name: Amy B.
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August 13, 2007 03:06 PM EDT --
I get the genealogy bug from time to time and do a little bit of research. I have a lot of information on my Mom's side of the family, going back to the mid-1600s, but my Dad's side is a bit harder . . .
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August 18, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
Vernors Ginger Ale was invented in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist, and is America's oldest soft drink. In 1862, James Vernor was called off to serve in the Civil War. According to legend, . . .
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July 08, 2008 02:03 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago I posted an article about the medical family tree that I've started putting together as a result of my genealogy research. Well, I found out yesterday that this information may have . . .
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June 03, 2007 03:01 PM EDT --
A few hours before her execution, Empress Alexandra wrote in her diary "Suddenly Leonka Sednyov was fetched to go and see his uncle and flew off - wonder whether it's true and we shall see the . . .
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May 28, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
My ancestors are long-time residents of the Detroit area. In fact, one of my ancestors came to Detroit with Cadillac when it was first settled in 1701. Many of the descendants of the original Detroit . . .
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September 23, 2007 08:35 AM EDT --
Once again Philippa Gregory does an outstanding job of bringing the Tudor court of King Henry VIII to life for her readers. I became hooked with her books when I read "The Other Boleyn Girl", . . .
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December 13, 2007 04:33 PM EST --
Okay, I admit it, I'm a die-hard Scarlett O'Hara fan. I don't think I'd like her at all if I knew her in person, but I love watching Gone with the Wind and every time I think that . . .
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September 23, 2007 09:43 AM EDT --
I haven't been on Gather much lately because I've been sucked into another obsessin - family tree research. As anyone who has ever done any genealogy research knows, you can get sucked in rather . . .
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November 11, 2007 09:06 PM EST --
I've been researching my Dad's side of the family tree for the past month or two. My father rarely spoke about his family and from what I can tell his generation didn't keep in touch with . . .
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August 18, 2007 04:03 PM EDT --
I'm sure only those with a case of the genealogy bug can relate to my exciting find today. Genealogy is like a huge jigwaw puzzle or logic problem, in which you gather clues through various sources . . .
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December 16, 2007 11:13 AM EST --
The complete title of the book is "Unto the Daughters: The Legacy of an Honor Killing in a Sicilian-American Family". I am not Italian, but I am from the Detroit area, . . .
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April 01, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
I've been working on my father's side of the family tree and until recently I was stumped by a dead end. I knew, from an aunt's research that I inherited, that my grandfather had a cousin . . .
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January 25, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
I know a lot more about my mother's family and it's history than I do about my father's side of the family. My paternal grandparents were both gone by the time I was eight, so I don't have . . .
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January 25, 2007 09:02 PM EST --
I suspect that very few people can still drive by and see the home that their great-great grandparents built. And fewer still can see their family homestead converted into a museum so that . . .
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May 25, 2007 05:54 PM EDT --
Greenfield Village is a historical treasure that not a lot of people may know about. In my opinion it's better than Williamsburg, but I'm probably a bit partial since I live close . . .
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June 07, 2008 08:27 AM EDT --
This book was an enjoyable read and I learned a lot more about the history of California as I turned it's pages. The book opens just after an earthquake in southern California has caused a swimming . . .
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February 11, 2007 10:11 AM EST --
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Midway. The following day, December 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan.
My father, Harold Bruhn, served in the Marine . . .
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June 15, 2007 07:00 PM EDT --
Everyone has heard about anemia and the dangers of “iron poor blood” but did you know too much iron can kill you? I’ve noticed more articles about hemochromatosis in various magazines . . .
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August 08, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
While going through some of my mother’s papers I found some land abstracts that I at first thought were for some property in Detroit. The subdivision was named Highland Park, which is a suburb enclosed . . .
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March 30, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
Who was Grigori Rasputin? Was he a holy man? Or was he the devil? There have been many books and films about Grigori Rasputin and his close relationship with Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarita Alexandra during . . .
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