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8/20 KISSIN KUZZINS: Search engines available tailored for genealogical research (The Lufkin Daily News)
The September issue of Family Tree Magazine has some interesting information regarding search engines. My Heritage Search looks for a name in more than 1,350 genealogy databases. You need to be patient because such a search takes several minutes — but you might hit paydirt. When you have a minute, I suggest you visit www.myheritage.com/research and see what you can find.
Work of N.C. history advocate brought lives of slaves to light (The Virginian-Pilot)
By Frank Roberts CRESWELL Dorothy Spruill Redford's great-great-great grandparents, Elsie and Peter Littlejohn, were field hands at Somerset Place. Hundreds of slaves worked the 125,000 acres of the antebellum plantation, toiling and sweating from early morning darkness to 10 at night, handli ...
Community Calendar (Glenview Announcements)
Deadline for calendar items is 10 days in advance of the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax to (847) 486-7451 or e-mail to glenview@pioneerlocal.com.
Bayville Beat (Boothbay Register)
If you haven't signed up yet for Saturday's lobster bake, run, don't walk, to the nearest telephone and plead with Betty LaPointe to put a couple in the pot for you.
Rendezvous emulates simple life of pioneer era (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. — When torrential rains and lighting from a thunderstorm knocked out power on a recent Friday night in downtown Waynesville, Debra ("Dusty") Beatty and Lora ("Leather") Dean never noticed the outage.
Around Whittier (Whittier Daily News)
Rio Hondo plans Family Day event WHITTIER - Rio Hondo College will hold its second annual Family Day/Dia De La Familia for prospective students and their families from 8 a.m.
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