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  • An unlikely friendship…

    An unlikely friendship…

    Bok Tower Gardens, located near Lake Wales, Florida, is a not only a garden, but also a bird sanctuary. It is also a Natural Historic Landmark. The front of the postcard has flamingos near the reflection pool but if you visited today, you would not spot any. According to the gardens’ website (https://boktowergardens.org/), there were

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  • When I start a family tree, I don’t really expect to find much. I started working on the Wadsworth/Groen/Maulsby tree to find Mauritz Groen, what his life might have looked like, and why he attempted to sell his children. I never imagined that following Mauritz’ family lineage back through the Maulsby’s and eventually ended up

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