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Finding My Civil War Ancestor. Tips for Genealogists and Historians. August 21, 2016. Newspapers in the Civil War Era. Newspapers provided vital news to troops about what actually was happening in the Civil War. There were plenty of rumors picked up from other soldiers, but it was good to get solid information. 1863 newspaper (photo by Virginia Allain). For the wives and parents back home, the newspaper was eagerly read searching for news about war activities that affected their loved one in the service.
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Finding My Civil War Ancestor. Tips for Genealogists and Historians. January 24, 2015. Reading Handwriting from the Civil War. January 23rd is National Handwriting Day each year, so let’s talk about Civil War handwriting. Men who served the Union or the Confederacy were of varied educational backgrounds. Some could read and write well, but others were illiterate. The latter came from rural areas that lacked schools or where keeping the family farm going left no time for schooling. In later years, he fill...
Finding Your Ancestor Inside a Book | Finding My Civil War Ancestor
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Finding My Civil War Ancestor. Tips for Genealogists and Historians. March 20, 2015. Finding Your Ancestor Inside a Book. What are the chances that your Civil War ancestor might be mentioned in a book about the Civil War? Probably slim, unless he was a general or other high-ranking officer. It is always possible, since more primary source material like diaries and letters are getting published plus an abundance of new research. Your ancestor may turn up in print some day. March 22, 2015 at 3:06 pm. I hav...
Sympathy Saturday: The Death of Your Civil War Ancestor | Finding My Civil War Ancestor
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Finding My Civil War Ancestor. Tips for Genealogists and Historians. June 8, 2013. Sympathy Saturday: The Death of Your Civil War Ancestor. Did the ancestor you’re researching die during the Civil War or after the war? If you have the pension records, it will tell you when the person died. That makes it easier to check for an obituary in a newspaper in the area where they died. Luckily my mother had a copy of the newspaper clipping from her Aunt Vina. The gravestone shows the same error. An older, much-w...
Requesting Civil War Medical Cards from the National Archives | Finding My Civil War Ancestor
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Finding My Civil War Ancestor. Tips for Genealogists and Historians. February 7, 2015. Requesting Civil War Medical Cards from the National Archives. I just submitted my request for medical information about my ancestor. Although I don’t know if he was ever wounded, he most likely had medical treatment when he was released from Andersonville Prison. I’m really curious about any information that might be included with this. Here’s the query I sent to the National Archives:. Follow my blog with Bloglovin.
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Hate or Love My Facebook Posts? | Virginia Allain
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Writer, Photographer, Book Designer. Websites with My Writing and Photos. My Top Seller on Zazzle. Trying a Facebook Ad →. Hate or Love My Facebook Posts? Today I approved a new friend, even though I didn’t recognize the person. They were posting in a group from my hometown on a post where I’d put a photo of my brother. Assuming they were a friend of his or possibly an old high school acquaintance of mine, I said OK to the friend request. Shortly after that, they posted this on my timeline:. Please, don&...
How to Make Dandelion Jelly | Discovering Mom
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Gail Lee Martin… gone but not forgotten. About Virginia Allain and Gail Lee Martin. How to Make Dandelion Jelly. July 9, 2015. July 9, 2015. This is an article that Gail Martin published with the eHow website back in 2008. This old family recipe makes lovely jelly. My husband’s great-grandmother called it Golden Blossom Jelly. Here’s how to make it. Photo of a dandelion blossom by Virginia Allain. 1 quart of bright dandelion blossoms. 5 1/2 cups sugar. 2 teaspoons orange flavoring. Melt pieces of paraffi...
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Gail Lee Martin… gone but not forgotten. About Virginia Allain and Gail Lee Martin. School Locker Pockets Made from Blue Jeans. July 23, 2015. Here’s an article that Gail Lee Martin wrote for the eHow site back in 2008. Pocket full of daisies clipboard. The locker pockets make fun gifts or can be used at home or in a work locker as well. Here’s how to make this easy craft. You can save the rest of the blue jeans to make pot holders, patchwork quilts, or even rag rugs. You can use old advertising magnets ...
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Gail Lee Martin… gone but not forgotten. About Virginia Allain and Gail Lee Martin. Mom’s Clipping Habit. May 6, 2015. April 30, 2015. My mother sat next to a pile of newspapers that teetered and sometimes slid from their stack to spread across the floor around her. I cautioned her not to step on those and go sliding, so she tried to keep the papers in their place. Gail Lee Martin in her favorite spot for TV watching, newspaper clipping and chatting. The 50 year anniversary of Tupperware. These are just ...
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Writer, Photographer, Book Designer. Websites with My Writing and Photos. This policy is valid from 04 January 2010, updated on 20 December 2014. This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact vallain@verizon.net. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content. 2 responses to “. Enter your comment here.
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Writer, Photographer, Book Designer. Websites with My Writing and Photos. Hate or Love My Facebook Posts? Seeing Winslow Homer’s Studio →. Trying a Facebook Ad. When my mother self-published her memoir at 85 and then a book about Dad’s life, I set up a Facebook fan page for her. Gradually friends, family and fans of her books discovered it and she had almost 100 LIKES on the page. Here’s the statistics for the Facebook ad that I ran. Here are further statistics on the Facebook advertisement results.
What Was Life Like in the 1930s? | Discovering Mom
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Gail Lee Martin… gone but not forgotten. About Virginia Allain and Gail Lee Martin. What Was Life Like in the 1930s? June 30, 2015. June 30, 2015. The Great Depression in Kansas – Read All about It. I think there is a lot we can learn about the way our grandparents or great-grandparents weathered the decade of the 1930s. If you’ve read my mother’s memoir, My Flint Hills Childhood: Growing Up in 1930s Kansas, then you’ll also enjoy these other books. My Flint Hills…. Growing Up in 1930s…. She relates the ...
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Gail Lee Martin… gone but not forgotten. About Virginia Allain and Gail Lee Martin. Gail and the Broken Glass Chimney. September 12, 2016. September 13, 2016. At Home on the Prairie. By Gail Lee Martin. In my hurry, I cut my hand bad. Mother had heard the noise and knew just what had happened as mothers seem to. The scolding I expected turned into an expression of concern about where all the blood was coming from. This story is published online at Gail Martin’s stories on the Our Echo website. Wash quick...
Ironing in the Good Old Days | Discovering Mom
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Gail Lee Martin… gone but not forgotten. About Virginia Allain and Gail Lee Martin. Ironing in the Good Old Days. July 15, 2015. July 15, 2015. This old iron would have been what Gail’s mother, Ruth McGhee, used to press the family clothes in the early 1900s. Even when electric irons came into use, she didn’t get one for a long time. They didn’t get electricity as soon as people in the towns did. Photo by Virginia Allain. Irons Heating on Stove. Retro Vintage Kitsch Appliance Electric Iron Postcard.
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Finding My Civil War Ancestor | Tips for Genealogists and Historians
Finding My Civil War Ancestor. Tips for Genealogists and Historians. March 20, 2015. Finding Your Ancestor Inside a Book. What are the chances that your Civil War ancestor might be mentioned in a book about the Civil War? Probably slim, unless he was a general or other high-ranking officer. It is always possible, since more primary source material like diaries and letters are getting published plus an abundance of new research. Your ancestor may turn up in print some day. Posted in Search Tips. Although ...
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