Rabbit Holes With Randy -- Sketches for Relatives in my Family Tree

 This may be a really deep rabbit hole.  

1)  I have written, and continue to write, genealogical sketches for most of my ancestors back through the 7th great-grandparent generation in the 52 Ancestors Biographies series.  I write those sketches using the "Individual Summary" report in RootsMagic (now Version 9).  The 52 Ancestors sketches include the name(s), parents, events, spouses, children, notes and sources I have for the particular ancestor.  The Sketch Notes and Sources then are added to the Person Notes in the RootsMagic profile for the ancestor.  Each Sketch takes from 2 to 8 hours to prepare, first in RootsMagic getting the event information written (name used, dates, places, facts, details, etc.), the sources tagged to the events, the "Individual Summary" written, and then copied and edited in the 52 Ancestors post sketch.  

2)  I've just started sorting out how I want to write Stories or Sketches for my relatives in my family tree - after all, they are my relatives and worthy of having a sketch or story written up (since no one else in the family seems to be interested!).  I could do the same 52 Ancestors style Sketches for my relatives (siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) for several generations back (I'm thinking back through 2nd great-grandparents but that would be about 150 more sketches).  So I've been experimenting with how much and what information to include in these Relative Sketches (or Stories).

3)  My geneablogging colleague Marian Burk Wood has been writing short sketches ("Bite-Sized Bios") about her relatives - see a discussion about them in Bite-Sized Ancestor Bios: Ideas from #GenChat.  That really lays out the issues very well.

4)  I've been considering short "just the basic facts" sketches about my relatives.  They would include name, parents, children, spouses, birth, baptism, marriages, death, burial, and at least one unique event (e.g., education, occupation, religion, military, immigration, probate, land, memories) - and creating a stand-alone sketch, probably without source citations.

I've also been considering longer "all of the facts" sketches - using all of the events in my RootsMagic family tree.  That would include all of the facts (e.g., birth, baptism, marriages, deaths, burial, dates, places, education, occupation, residences, religion, military, immigration, probate, land, etc.), perhaps with transcribed information.  I could create a narrative report for the person, and then copy, paste and edit the report and create a stand-alone sketch with source citations.  

In RootsMagic 9, or another genealogy software program, I can use the Narrative Report" for the person to create a one-generation descendants report to use in either the "Short Sketch" or "Long Sketch" - I just need to edit prudently!

5)  Here's an example of both sketches for one person in my family tree:

a)  I selected my aunt Marion Frances (Seaver) (Braithwaite) Hemphill (1901-2000) as my test sketch.  Her Person Page in RootsMagic 9 looks like this:

There are a number of events, names, dates, places, and check marks for Notes, Sources and Media on the Fact (Event) List.  

b)  On the RootsMagic "Publish" menu, I can select "Narrative Report" and the program will use the embedded "Artificial Intelligence" magic (we've had it since the 1990s in genealogical software!) to create the report in seconds:

This is the "Narrative Report" with the option to put all Facts in one paragraph.  Another option is to put each of them in a separate paragraph to make it easier to read, but longer in page count.  There were five pages including sources and an index.  There were 42 source citations for the four persons in this report.

I can save this report to a Text or PDF file on my computer.  I want to use Text because I need to edit whatever I end up with.  I could use Notepad or my word processor on my computer.

c)  Here is an image of the top of the text file in Notepad on my computer (the text lines are up to 255 characters).

d)  I can then copy this text file (including the sources, but editing out the preparer) from Notepad to the Person Note in RootsMagic, and edit it as needed:

As you can see, I chose to separate the Facts into paragraphs for each one.  That makes it longer but easier to read, and doesn't increase the size of the RootsMagic file very much.  Now I have a Note about all of her Facts.  If I add a Fact in the future, or find a new source, I will need to edit the Note and whatever Sketch I publish on my blog or in an online family tree.

e)  I can then copy/paste information from the text file to create my "Short Sketch" in my word processor, edit the sketch, add a title, and proofread it.  I chose to save it as an RTF file, and I can then create a PDF in the word processor and save it to my computer. Here is the "Short Sketch" PDF:

I had to edit the copied text a bit but it provides the basic Facts I wanted in the "Short Sketch."  Note that I took out the Source citation numbers.

f)  I can also copy/paste information from the text file to create my "Long Sketch" in my word processor, edit the sketch, add a title, and proofread it.  I can then create a PDF in the word processor and save it to my computer.  Here is the first page of the "Long Sketch" PDF:

This is a four-page PDF.  Note that it has the source citation numbers (I probably should put them in brackets - I don't want to mess with superscripts).  It has all of the information from the Short Sketch but has the other Events that are in my RootsMagic Person profile.  Here is the start of the Source Citations on the second page:

The source citation list in Notepad lost the italics when I created the Text file.  I could  italicize the needed text before I make the PDF file.  However, I will probably skip using Notepad and copy the sketch text to my word processor and save it as an RTF file so that I keep the italics, and any hypertext links would be highlighted as shown above.

6)  So now I have to decide which Sketch to use - "Long" or "Short."

a)  A "Long Sketch" would include all of the Facts and have source citations but would be four pages long in this case.  This is definitely not bite-sized!!  But for a blog post, or a Memory attached to a profile on my Ancestry Member Tree and/or to a profile on the FamilySearch Family Tree, or a FSFT Life Sketch, it would provide significant information to a person interested in reading it.  I could include one or more photographs of the person.

b)  A "Short Sketch" would include only the basic Facts without source citations, and would usually be less than one page long (unless they have a large number of Facts and/or children).  It might be appropriate for a Find A Grave memorial, a WikiTree and/or Geni profile, as well as an Ancestry Member Tree Memory, and/or a FamilySearch Family Tree Memory or Life Sketch. I could include one photograph of the person. 

c)  Other desktop genealogy software - including Family Tree Maker 2019 and Legacy Family Tree 9, may do a better job of creating the Narrative Report (the AI part of the task above).  I need to evaluate them.

7)  What do my readers think?  Is the "Long Sketch" too long?  Should I add source citations to the "Short Sketch" (which would require renumbering the sources - another edit job)?  Where is the "sweet spot" for family sketches?  

What have you done to write sketches for your ancestors and/or relatives?  

I really need more carrots for this hole - it's a big task.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - 1731 Marriage of Joseph Richman and Elizabeth Rawlings in Whaddon, Wiltshire

  It's Treasure Chest Thursday - an opportunity to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history research and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1731 marriage entry for Joseph Richman and Elizabeth Rawlings in the Whaddon, Wiltshire parish records:

The marriage entry is the third entry in the list for 1731:

The transcription of this record is::

1731 Joseph Richman & Elizabeth Rawlings both of Hilperton were married June y'e four-teenth day by Banns  

The source citation for this record is:

"Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Whaddon, "Parish Registers, 1653-1749," image 50 of 82, Joseph Richman and Elizabeth Rawlings marriage entry, 14 June 1731; Original data: Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

This is an entry in the Whaddon, Wiltshire parish register.  It is an Original Source with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage of Joseph Richman and Elizabeth Rawlings on 14 June 1731 in Whaddon.  Joseph Richman (1710-1761) was the son of Mark and Elizabeth (Tremby) Richman of Hilperton.  Elizabeth Rawlings (c1714-c1770) was the daughter of Henry and Jane (Andrews) of Hilperton.  Whaddon was the next church to the northwest of Hilperton in the 1700s.  

   

Joseph and Elizabeth (Rawlings) Richman are my 5th great-grandparents; they had at least 8 children, including my 4th great-grandfather John Richman (1744-1808) who married Mary Parsons (1750-1802) in 1775 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

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Happy Thanksgiving - 2023

 Happy Thanksgiving to my family, friends, readers and colleagues!

Here is my traditional Thanksgiving post and poem - with a bit more afterward:

Thanksgiving

by Edgar Albert Guest (c) 1917

Gettin' together to smile an' rejoice,

An' eatin' an' laughin' with folks of your choice;

An' kissin' the girls an' declarin' that they

Are growin' more beautiful day after day;

Chattin' an' braggin' a bit with the men,

Buildin' the old family circle again;

Livin' the wholesome an' old-fashioned cheer,

Just for awhile at the end of the year.

Greetings fly fast as we crowd through the door

And under the old roof we gather once more

Just as we did when the youngsters were small;

Mother's a little bit grayer, that's all.

Father's a little bit older, but still

Ready to romp an' to laugh with a will.

Here we are back at the table again

Tellin' our stories as women an' men.

Bowed are our heads for a moment in prayer;

Oh, but we're grateful an' glad to be there.

Home from the east land an' home from the west,

Home with the folks that are dearest an' best.

Out of the sham of the cities afar

We've come for a time to be just what we are.

Here we can talk of ourselves an' be frank,

Forgettin' position an' station an' rank.

Give me the end of the year an' its fun

When most of the plannin' an' toilin' is done;

Bring all the wanderers home to the nest,

Let me sit down with the ones I love best,

Hear the old voices still ringin' with song,

See the old faces unblemished by wrong,

See the old table with all of its chairs

An' I'll put soul in my Thanksgivin' prayers.

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Randy's Note:  The scene above is not what's happening this year in Chula Vista.  I  have many good memories of a family Thanksgiving at my grandparents home, my mother's home, our cousin's home, my brothers homes, our daughter's homes, and our home.  

On Thanksgiving morning, I will visit Linda in the skilled nursing and memory care facility, then  I will be going to my daughter Tami's home in Huntington Beach on Thanksgiving Day, and probably coming home in the evening.  

Linda and I had a Thanksgiving lunch on Tuesday courtesy of the staff at her facility, ActivCare at Rolling Hills in Chula Vista.  We had turkey, mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, apple pie, and an ice cream cup.  It was very nice.

I am very thankful this year for my doctors, heart surgeons and cardiologists, for Linda's caregivers, for my daughters and grandchildren, for my genealogy friends, for my church friends, for my Rohr (employer) friends, and all of my Facebook friends.  I am also thankful for my parents, grandparents, brothers and cousins, and all of the ancestors who came before and blessed me with generations of unique ancestors.

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Where Was I 60 Years Ago Today at 11 a.m. PST?

 The short answer is:  In the cafeteria at San Diego State University eating lunch.

I had just gotten out of my 9:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. class (math, engineering, economics? I don't remember).  I had another class starting at 1 p.m. and needed to eat lunch, watch girls, and study.

I no sooner sat down with my sack lunch (bologna sandwich, apple, cookies?) and the announcement came over the public address system that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, and was taken to the hospital.  Shortly thereafter came the news that he had died.

Another announcement said that classes for the rest of the day were cancelled.  I had finished eating, so I went out to the bus stop and took the S bus down to El Cajon Boulevard, then the E bus west to 30th Street, and the 2 bus south to Ivy Street and walked across the street to my home at 2119 30th Street.  It usually took an hour to get home.  The buses were crowded.

When I charged up the stairs and opened the front door, my father was there standing by his desk (he worked at home several days a week as a Prudential insurance agent) and he said "Randy, this is a terrible thing."  It looked like he was profoundly sad.  I don't remember if my mother was home, or if she said anything to me when I got home; I'm sure she was at home and was probably in the kitchen or out in the yard staying away from my father.

On 22 November 1963, I was a 20-year old college student majoring in engineering, with an intense interest in world affairs, politics, history, geography, football and girls.  I had graduated from San Diego High School (a well-integrated high school) with Honors in 1961, had worked for the San Diego Chargers during the summer of 1963 as a camp boy (my first real "paying" job), and was in my junior year of college.

President Kennedy had visited San Diego in June 1963, and I had been in the throng along El Cajon Boulevard when his motorcade passed by on the way to his commencement address at San Diego State.

I liked President Kennedy, mainly because my father didn't.  Even so, I considered myself a Republican because I agreed with the economic, domestic and foreign policies of the party, and especially liked the civil rights aspect of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate.  Kennedy's policies were close to my views, although I thought that the 1961 Cuban adventure was a big mistake and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was solved fairly well.  I believed in civil rights for all people, and was aghast at what happened in the South to peaceful protesters and demonstrators. In the past months, President Kennedy had stood up for civil rights for African-Americans. I hoped that things would be better for minorities in the USA.

While I was a quiet believer in civil rights, my father was not.  He was prejudiced, like many persons at this time.  Not just against black people, no, he was an equal opportunity bigot - against Mexicans, Catholics, Italians, lazy people, wealthy people, communists, you name it...against everybody but hard-working white English-speaking people.  Both of my parents voted for Republicans for President throughout their lives.

That's why I was shocked when he said what he said when I got home - I found out that my father actually had a heart and understood what this major historical event meant to our country and the world.  Over time, his views changed a bit as he met, liked and respected more African-Americans (football and music really helped).

Over the next days, through the killing of Oswald, to the funeral for President Kennedy, we were all glued to the television set in the living room.  We watched it all - there was nothing to do; the Chargers AFL game was delayed a week on Sunday.  The San Diego Union newspaper front page for Saturday, 23 November 1963 said it all:

I still have this newspaper, wrapped in plastic, somewhere in my boxes of family stuff.

Over the ensuing years, I followed the Warren Commission investigation, read all of the early conspiracy books, and gradually came to the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the person who fired the shots.  But was he a lone assassin?  Was he a patsy for another group?

The evidence is pretty clear for me 50 years later, and is summed up in a Power Line article that reprints Edward Jay Epstein's 1983 Wall Street Journal article concerning the evidence known about Lee Harvey Oswald.  I think that Oswald did it by himself, acting to impress the Cubans and Soviets to give him a visa to travel to Havana and then Moscow and be hailed as a hero.

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Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 16 to 22 November 2023

 Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.

1) Upcoming Conferences, Institutes and Seminars

* Conference Keeper Calendar

*  SLIG 2024: The Family History Law Library ($$) - Virtual - 22-26 January 2024

*  2024 Institute for Genetic Genealogy (i4GG) Conference - 10-year Anniversary ($$) - Hybrid - 10-11 February 2024

*  RootsTech 2024 - In-Person ($$, Salt Lake City) and Online - 29 February - 2 March 2024.

2 ) Upcoming Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

* Conference Keeper Calendar

* Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars for November 2023

* MyHeritage 2023 Webinar Series

* Legacy Family Tree Webinar’s 2023 Mexico Research Series

* Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree 2023 Webinar Series

* Utah Genealogical Association Pro Talk Webinar Series

* RootsTech 2023 On-Demand Sessions

*    Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 28 November, 11 a.m.:  The Good News About Historical Newspapers by Daniel Horowitz.

*   Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 29 November, 11 a.m.:  The Erie Canal and the Opening of the Midwest by Annette Burke Lyttle.

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-822: Generation by Generation | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-823: George Taylor: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestry Findings:   AF-824: Thomas Stone: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 482 - Catholic Descendants of The Mayflower / Native American History Month

*  Hittin' the Bricks With Kathleen:  Tracking Lineage: DAR and County Formation Analysis

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 280: Colonial Emigrant Ancestor: Thomas Royston

4) Recent YouTube Videos:

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  Identifying People in Photographs (7 GREAT TIPS)

*  Allen County Public Library:  10 New Genealogy-Related Videos

*  American Ancestors:  Settlement House Research

*  Ancestry:  Viola Davis’s Sister Finds Inspiration in Her Family’s Perseverance | Finding Your Roots | Ancestry®

*  BYU Family History Library:  Using the Genealogical Resources of Funeral Homes and Mortuaries – James Tanner (12 Nov 2023)

*  BYU Family History Library:  Southern Migration: A Case Study of the Family of Jonathan Tipton - Laura Lefler (12 Nov 2023)

*  BYU Family History Library:  Free Online Newspaper Websites – James Tanner (19 Nov 2023)

*  BYU Family History Library: MyHeritage PhotoDater - Rayanne Melick (21 Nov 2023)

*  Family Locket:  Tips for Anonymizing a DNA Research Report

*  Genealogy TV: Genealogy Problems and Solutions (Previous Live - Edited)

*  Goldie May:  Fixing a Bad Merge: Unrehearsed Research #41

*  Just Genealogy:  Genealogy as Pastime and Profession, Chapter VII - Genealogy as a Profession - JG0333

*  Lisa Lisson:  Your Genealogy & Family History Gift Guide! | Let's Get Shopping!

*  Lisa Lisson:  Newspapers: Your Secret Weapon for Genealogy Research

*  Your DNA Guide:  DNA Defined: YDNA

5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  9 to 15 November 2023?

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Randy and Stanley With Cowboy Gear -- Post 795 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

  I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs: 

This photograph is of Stanley Seaver (on the left, age 4-5) with Randy Seaver (on the right, age 7-8) from about 1951-1952.  Our "cowboys on the radio" fascination (The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, there were probably more) had started and we received all of the paraphernalia (hats, gun belts, holsters, cap pistols), probably for birthdays or Christmas.  I think we received shirts, pants, chaps and boots in the next year or two.  And then we got a television in about 1954 and could see our heroes.

Stan was right-handed and I was left-handed.  There were all sorts of fantastic gun battles and chases around our apartment house, the neighbor apartment house, and the Carringer's Fern Street home with the gardens and greenhouse.  Stan and I would lie in bed at night in our bunk beds and create dialogue for The Lone Ranger voices or Hopalong Cassidy voices or plan games.

I colorized the black and white photo using the MyHeritage tools. 

This photograph is all part of our family history.  

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Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 15 to 21 November 2023

Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    

1)  News Articles:

*  One-Third of US Newspapers As of 2005 Will Be Gone By 2024

*  John Boeren from The Netherlands becomes president-elect of Association of Professional Genealogists

*  Why US Genealogists Should Care About Napoleon

*  RootsMagic Version 9 Updated to Version 9.1.1

*  Geneanet DNA features will be discontinued

*  Thanksgiving Sale on Genealogy Books at Genealogy.com

*  Ancestry Black Friday Sale Predictions

*  FamilyTreeDNA Black Friday Sale

*  Amazon 23andMe Black Friday Sale

*  MyHeritage DNA Black Friday Deal

2)  DNA Research Stories

*  The Gift of a Lifetime: A Whole New Family Thanks to a MyHeritage DNA Kit

*  After 70 Years of Searching, She Finally Found Her Siblings Thanks to a Smart Match™ on MyHeritage

*  "I Used My DNA To Find My Birth Mother." People Are Revealing The Wildest And Darkest Secrets They Learned After Taking Genetic Tests

*  Knowledge is power: Genetic testing can reveal much more than who you're related to

3)  Book Notices and Reviews:

*  Book Review: Michigan POW Camps in World War II

*  Coming from Pen and Sword

4)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 November 2023

*  Ancestry New and Updated Collections – November 1-15, 2023

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 November 2023

*  FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – November 1-15, 2023

*  MyHeritage New and Updated Collections – November 1-15, 2023

*  English and Welsh death records 1837-1957 now available online

*  Findmypast Friday:  Cumberland Parish Records and More Newspapers

*  Three-week summary: English, Scottish & Welsh genealogy updates

*  New database: General Society of Colonial Wars Membership Applications, 1893-1849

*  3,740 Free Online United States Digital Archives

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 8 to 14 November 2023.

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Seavers in the News -- Mrs. Bertha T. Seaver Died in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1976

 Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the Poughkeepsie [N.Y.] Journal  newspaper dated 15 July 1976, page 33:

The transcription of the article is:

"Mrs. Seaver

"Mrs. Bertha T. Seaver, 88, Eden Park Nursing Home, died Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital.

"She was born in Stamford, Conn., Oct. 10, 1887, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Thackeray.  A Poughkeepsie resident the last 45 years, she was one of the organizers of the 60 club; one of the founders of the Nearly New Shop, a member of the Women's City and County Club and a volunteer at Vassar Hospital.  A member of the First Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Seaver was a member of the Harper Circle at the church.  Her husband, Henry B. Seaver, died on Feb. 19, 1974.

"She is survived by a daughter, Miss Barbara Latta Seaver, Poughkeepsie, two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

"A graveside service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Poughkeepsie Cemetery.

"A memorial service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church.  There will be no calling hours.

"Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Robert H. Auchmoody Funeral Home, 16 Grand Ave."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Seaver," Poughkeepsie [N.Y.] Journal newspaper, Thursday, 15 July 1976, page 33, column 2, Mrs. Bertha T. Seaver obituary,   Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 20 November 2023).

This obituary provides the name, age, birth date and place, parents names, death date and place, spouse's name, children's names, social associations, burial information, and church association.  It does not provide marriage date and place, or cause of death.

Bertha Ray Thackeray (1887-1976) was born 10 October 1887 in Stamford, Connecticut, the daughter of George and Mrs. Thackeray. She died 14 July 1976 in Poughkeepsie.  She married Henry Blanchard Seaver (1888-1974) on 24 October 1911 in New York City.  They had three children:

*  Marjorie Ray Seaver (1912-1971) married 1941 Horace M. Straup (1910-1960).

*  Robert Devereaux Seaver (1914-1965), married 1940 Mary Emily Voigt (1917-????).

*  Barbara Latta Seaver (1923-2010).

I am an 8th cousin two times removed to Henry Blanchard Seaver (1888-1974).  Our common Seaver ancestor is my 9th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1608-1683).

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this is one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person has an obituary that is fairly complete and informative.    I am glad that I can honor Bertha Ray (Thackeray) Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.

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