familystories
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I lived my first 11 years of life in Jamestown, North Dakota until I became an Alaska transplant. I always like to say that I’m North Dakota born, Alaska grown. I had a lot of friends growing up before moving to Alaska, but I never really felt like I fit in despite getting along with
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I didn’t realize how large my moms side of the family was until I started working on the family tree. I knew my grandpa LeRoy was 1 of 17 children born to Charles and Ida Martin (nèe. Waldo), but it looks a lot bigger on paper, once you add spouses, children and grandchildren. When I
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A few weeks ago, my therapist asked me if I thought I would move back to the midwest after we spent some time exploring what brought me to Alaska at 11 years old. “Yes.” I said. “At some point.” I could feel her eyes on me through the screen (we meet virtually). “I want to
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Researching family history has been a hobby of mine since my late teens. There are times when I take a break, and I can leave it alone for several months, at most a year or so, but it always pulls me back and there are usually new documents that have been uploaded during my time
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Dear Freda, Thanks very much for the invitation but we are stopping in Phila for dinner so I do not know just when we will arrive home so I would not want you to wait. Love, Bess. I couldn’t narrow down any Bess who would have sent this postcard from New Jersey, and there isn’t
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It’s been about a month since I researched one of these postcards. I never expect to find anything right away but newspapers.com delivered. When I started inputting names into the search field, I immediately got some hits. Yay! This postcard appeared to a to Mrs. C. A. Harrison in Minnesota from Mariann (?), who sent
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… with Lars and Marie Gullickson found and passed down by: Aunt Ethel Oxtoby July 9th, 1885, at the age of sixteen, Marie was married to Lars Gullickson, a neighbor boy whose father had a claim near that of Christ Oxhovd. The ceremony was held at a country church near Christine and was performed by
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Part 2 – Mary Gullickson (Olson/Oxhovd) my 3rd great-grandmother Mary was the first of 9 children born to Christen “Christ” Olson (Oxhovd) and Ingeborg “Emily” Ivarsdatter Polsture on January 15th, 1869 in Liberty Township, Wisconsin. Christ and Emily were both born in Norway and immigrated to the United States with their families when they were
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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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Part 1 – Lars Gullickson (my 3rd great-grandfather) My moms side of the family has been pretty well documented not only by my Uncle Joe (my moms brother) but also those that came before him. Unlike my dads side of the family, there are many stories that have been passed down from generation to generation
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