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November 2009 Calendar of Events
on Nov 1, 2009 in Calendar of Events Dull November brings the blast;Then the leaves are whirling fast.--from "The Garden Year" by Sara ColeridgeHolidays, History, and HeritageAmerican Indian Heritage Month (United States)Black Catholic History Month (worldwide)New York State History Mon...
Happy Hallowe'en!
on Oct 31, 2009 in Alaska Personal It's still Hallowe'en on the West Coast as I write this. The following photo is of the very first time I celebrated the holiday...I was 4 1/2 years old and remember it being taken. I had a clown mask, too, but didn't wear it when our picture was take...
Surname Saturday: BARBER
on Oct 31, 2009 in Surname Saturday Barber The BARBER surname belongs to my maternal grandmother's biological mother. My grandmother was an adoptee, and I will be highlighting both her biological and her adoptive families' surnames in my Surname Saturday posts.The BARBER name is an very old o...
Major Announcement from Footnote
on Oct 29, 2009 in Census Footnote.com ENTIRE U.S. CENSUS GOES INTERACTIVE WITH FOOTNOTE.COM-Footnote.com to feature original documents from every publicly available U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930-Lindon, UT – October 29, 2009 – Today Footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com) anno...
Wordless Wednesday: My New Hobby
on Oct 28, 2009 in Wordless Wednesday © Miriam Robbins Midkiff, 2009...
A Beginner's Guide to Scanning Postcards
on Oct 25, 2009 in Preservation A Festival of Postcards I was honored when Evelyn Yvonne Theriault of A Canadian Family and the host of the Festival of Postcards requested that I write a post on postcard scanning tips for beginners. Now, I'm certainly no expert on postcards, but I've done my share of scan...