G.W. Claiborne
from Petersburg Virginia
Hello! This is a very interesting site, I was wondering if you could help me, I am researching a Civil War soldier from Petersburg Virginia, by the name of G.W. Claiborne, The G might be Gregory, but I am not sure. Any information would be very much appreciated. Thank you!
Bill Miller
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Noua Zece
My great-grandmother was French. She was born approximately in 1899, in France. My great-grandfather was Romanian like me. He worked for almost 30 years for Romanian Crown Estate being a wealthy man, having business and traveling a lot in the West of Europe. It is said about him that he spoke besides Romanian, French, English, Latin and German.
By Susan Hopkins
I stood in a small Irish cemetery. The weather was unusually warm for Ireland. The sun shone brightly, and there was not a trace of the common soft Irish rain in the air. The grass grew very high, uncut for months, a traditional Irish custom I later found out, to help preserve the natural feel of the setting. The tombstone listed the names of distant relatives I had only discovered a year earlier.
Genealogy
Connie Sychowski
Editor Genealogy Corner
When growing up all holidays were special ones. The family would always gather at our home, all of dad’s children present and accounted for. It was just a special time for him to take a break from his busy schedule and make time for his family. BBQs and watermelon, I can almost remember the smell of my dad cooking London broil on the grill.
From Harvey Wike
By A.L. Tony Wilcox
The story about Thomas Patterson was based on the following account recorded in the book,
(A history of the Patterson Family of Cross Creek Township Washington County, Pennsylvania)
Compiled by Mary L. Patterson and Published in 1924
Chapter 2 Page 12 OUR FIRST WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA SETTLER
By Linnea Travis Miller
Churches maintained the earlier cemeteries; public grounds did not come into their own until the late 1800’s. Many families had a burying place on their farms, oft-times within site of the main house. You sometimes can find many generations on this plot of ground. Farm cemeteries were still used into the early 1900’s in central Pennsylvania.
Bertha Otelia Kunth Lavender about 1902
The Lavender History as Heard and Seen
by Charles E. Blakeslee
11/24/97
By Jennifer Thompson
500 years ago - December 1503
December 14- Birthday of Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam-us], French astrologist/prophet.
300 years ago - December 1703
December 30- Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die.
150 years ago - December 1853
Submitted by Connie Sychowski
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