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Daisy grew up beneath the western gaze of Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks, in the small hamlet of Bloomingdale, at the turn of the 20th century. She experienced great love and great loss over her 57 years of life. Daisy became a trusted midwife by 1920, worked in a bean cannery during the Great Depression, and supported the boys overseas during World War II by becoming a drill press operator at an airplane factory. But none of that adequately describes her life, her loves, her triumphs, or her heartaches over five decades. Perhaps a week spent with her in anticipation of a daughter's wedding, along with a lifetime of flashbacks, and a journey alongside her in her fi ...

This book is a collection of stories, histories and biographies of the family and ancestors of Dennis Lee Christensen and Lola Vea Jacobsen and their family. The intent of the author and editor is to “turn the hearts of the children to the fathers” and mothers.

Full of magical, entertaining stories illustrating historical research activities you can duplicate for your family. You may find new information on your relatives in these columns. Certainly you will discover new ways of finding relatives. Section Headings include: Imperative Basics; The Eight-Step Cycle of Genealogical Research; Genealogical Procedures; Genealogy Tools; Record Types; Archives and Repositories; Internet Research; Ethnic Research; Memoirs; Family Activities; Family Reunions; Artifacts; Historical Activities; Historical Information on Ancestors. See www.itsallrelatives.org; www.freefamilyhistorybook.com; www.lafeanddolliewadsworth.blogspot.com; www.alfreefamily.blo ...

On August 31, 1939, Raymond Fishler went to sleep at about midnight dreaming of the wonderful future he envisioned for himself. Less than five hours later he was awakened from his peaceful slumber by the start of World War II. After living through a brutal German occupation, his family made a futile attempt to go into hiding to avoid mass liquidation or being transported to the living hell of a concentration camp. Raymond’s mother made him promise to go to America and tell the world what was done to them. He promised he would, and to this day Raymond has told the story of his life’s journey in classrooms and lecture halls and also on the March of the Living, an annual education program ...