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My mother, Jean Irene Bond, nee Brown, passed away on 26 August 2018, six days after her 95th birthday. Over... Read More
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Tucked away in Tyler Jacques’ family memorabilia was a yellowed Christmas card from the Isle of Wight dated 1932. The... Read More
On the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 1895, in a jealous rage, William Royce shot his former lover, Nellie Patton,... Read More
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This month, Facebook began prompting users in fourteen countries to read a guide on the fake news phenomenon, with a list... Read More
Crowds flocked to Sunnyside Beach in 1922 when the new park opened, lured by the modern new bathing pavilion and the... Read More
Long before the internet and online ordering, mail order catalogues were one of the only ways that the American rural... Read More
I have recently broken through a brick wall in my genealogical research and have found out what happened to my... Read More
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