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  • Part Two: James and Laura Mackie I have recently broken through a brick wall in my genealogical research and have found out what happened to my great-grand aunt, Laura Jane Williams. Join me in Part Two: James and Laura Mackie as I research the social history of the family of Laura’s husband, James Mackie and follow her father-in-law, David Douglas Mackie, into battle during the […] Barbara J Starmans No responses 12 min read September 11, 2016
  • Part One: James and Laura Mackie I have recently broken through a brick wall in my genealogical research and have found out what happened to my great-grand aunt, Laura Jane Williams. Join me in Part One: James and Laura Mackie as I research the social history of the family of Laura’s husband, James Mackie. James Douglas Mackie On 24 November 1885, James Douglas Mackie, the […] Barbara J Starmans 4 responses 21 min read August 28, 2016

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