research
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Asylums and the history of mental illness has fascinated me for as long as I can remember. Both of my parents worked at the state hospital in North Dakota until we moved to Alaska in 2001. I got my bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2017 and have been working in the field since; including an
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A family myth This was kind of a hard one. There are some not so great family myths that are floating around out there but I don’t think I’ll share those. There is too much hate and anger going on in the world right now and I’m choosing to focus on the positive things. One
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Research Databases I actually already have a page on this blog detailing some of the different databases I use. Check there for more. If you click on the logos below, it should take you to the website. Ancestry is the biggest one for me. This is were I do the majority of my tree building.
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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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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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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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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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