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The Blue Star Flag first appeared in 1917, when an Army captain who had two sons serving on the front line designed it as a tribute to
their dedication and service. The flag quickly became the unofficial symbol of a
child in the service. Today, families who have a loved one serving in the
military display a blue star flag in the inside front window of their homes to
show the family’s pride in their loved one who is serving and to rem

Hi all, please bare with me while i get use the all this blog stuff. Im sure ill find my way around. Im looking for family members who live in Glasgow and are related to any of the HARPER family

Hugh HARPER

Born 28th Nov 1886

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

married 2 April 1920

Houston Renfrewshire Scotland to

Elizabeth MILLER

born 16 feb 1897

Millport, Buteshire Scotland

They had 6 children

James HARPER

Born 14 Oct 1920 Houston Renfrewshire

Married

Elizabeth Agnes GRANDISON

27 Nov 1940

George Miller HARPER

Bo

...no not that one! "Adoption", genealogically speaking. By that what I mean is an "adoption" that can put a knothole in your family tree. Let me give an example from my own experience. There is a family debate as to whether my Great-Grandfather is adopted or not. George Grimsley was born 27 Oct 1867, Emporia, KS to John Smith Grimsley and Katherine (Drake) Grimsley. I have found numerous references to his birth, including the almost definitive Cutler's History of Kansas and Kansans, which says

Hi Folks,

any one know anything about the Most Rev Daniel Lavery who servedin St Louis circa 1896-1906

The John Harvard statue located in Harvard Yard

A few years ago Philadelphia began a campaign to stop tour guides from telling myths and to start studying history before beginning their jobs. They plan to certify each guide with an exam, and fine them for leading tours without this certificate. Philadelphia is the city where the Betsy Ross House is a top attraction, and there is no evidence that she ever even sewed a flag. In my opinion, a certificate should not be required by law, but I would ch

WILLIAM HARVEY HINKLE'S PARENTS WERE ANN KESNER AND JACOB HINKLE. ANY INFORMATION???

Join us for our next live webinar on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 2:00PM EDT. The webinar, Helping Unlock the World's Records: an Insider's Perspective on FamilySearch Indexing will be presented by Jim Ericson, product marketing manager at FamilySearch.

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The independent film "Princess Ka'iulani" I reviewed last May on this blog post ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/05/princess-kaiulani-in-cambridge-again.html ) is finally being released on DVD today, September 14th, 2010, in stores and online. You can read about it more at this link at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Princess-Kaiulani-Qorianka-Kilcher/dp/B003EYVXRS?tag=princesskaiulani-20 and at the director's website http://www.princesskaiulanimovie.com/

A background to the story of Ka'

Hi all,

Below you will find the latest obituary collections added since the last list.

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A complete list of collections can be found at http://www.genealogybuff.com/obituary_collections.htm

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Here's the list:

COLORADO - Lake County Obituary Collection
http://www.genealogybuff.com/co/lake/webbbs_conf

My mother is Elsie Howland Copp born 1920. Her father was Thomas Stanley Howland born 1894 in New Bedford Mass. His father was Henry D. Howland married to Annie M. Simpson. That's as far back as I know for sure. What I'm trying to do is find out if my lineage goes back to the Mayflower. I am new at this and not really sure what to do. Any help will be greatly appreciated.