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Ancestry/Genealogy

seaglass

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5. It is fun looking at the ads and reading some of the stories. I've never had anyone call me or

Reply to pipi_k (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 22, 2014, 07:26 AM

Jan 2014

maybe they did and I never answered the phone.

My family didn't get to the US until the late 1800s but I have found some really valuable info. A half great grand aunt who was a cook at a hospital appeared to have saved every penny she made and left her estate partially to her employer (this is why it made the news) and left the rest to her family. From than news article I got 6 new family members and confirmation on others.

I love seeing the ads too. The other day I saw an ad for a Dr. Rice's Truss Method for Ruptures and I had to google it because I had no idea what it was. Found it on a quack medicine site.

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Newpaper archive sites - Genealogy Bank [View all] seaglass Jan 2014 OP

I've had a GenealogyBank membership for over a year and No Vested Interest Jan 2014 #1

I use our small local public library PADemD Jan 2014 #2

Old obits can provide clues to relatives you may not have known existed. No Vested Interest Jan 2014 #3

Ok so pipi_k Jan 2014 #4

It is fun looking at the ads and reading some of the stories. I've never had anyone call me or seaglass Jan 2014 #5

Believe it or not, Google was of assistance. CBHagman Feb 2014 #6

I have also pipi_k Feb 2014 #7