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Wooops! Missed the 17th because of the mix-up in the pages where Clem wrote his daily entry on the wrong page and…. Oh, never mind, it’s too hard to explian here… Here’s the entry for the 17th: Cullerne bill the outfit out and there was no trains west, so we stayed in car all day.…
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I may not have time to post tonight…We’re still on the road heading to my sister’s house. I hope the kids have let the dog out a few times! Diane’s grandson has asked to see some of the genealogy artifacts I’ve collected. He saw the Grand Trunk Pacific stories on the blog and wants to…
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I really love teaching genealogy! I have to say that it doesn’t matter if it’s a large crowd or a small, intimate group. Tonight I met 4 very enthusiastic “students” of family history research in the first of 5 sessions being held at The Yellow House Community Center of Learning in Palmer, MA. Nancy, Emy,…
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Sometimes I try to imagine what my grandfather would think if he could see this blog…100 years after he wrote the words and took the pictures! What a world!!! “Lest We Forget” On Sunday, January 19, 1913, Clem and his co-workers decided to “sleep in”. He didn’t get up until 8 o’clock!! Half the day…
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What follows is the entry Clem made on the “Friday” page. But as explained in the earlier post, he made a mix up in which day was which. Who could blame him….the pages were probably frozen together at the time! Good thing they thawed out over the past 100 years! At any rate, this entry…
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Tomorrow is January 16, 2013. Not a particularly auspicious day, but it will be the first time I’ve been back in school in over 40 years! Well, saying that I’ll be “in school” is a stretch because in the 21st century you can be “in school” and in the living room at home at the…
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Here’s today’s entry: We did a little better today. Weather was a little warmer about 10⁰ below. Steve and I walked to Carval (?) left Stony Plain at 1 oclock and got back at 3.25 PM. 17 miles. Cullerne went to Edmonton in the afternoon. I wrote to Jim Fisher. [Note: At this point in…
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….or what would become the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway! Clem mentions “the car” which is, of course, the railcar where they lived throughout the construction project. No mention of the temperature today, but it did snow. So much for today’s weather report! Here’s today’s entry in “Lest We Forget”: Steve and I in the car…
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Below is the diary entry for January 14, 1913. There are a few words on this page that I can’t figure out, but I’ve come as close as I can. For example, I don’t know what a “clavor” is or an “elavor” for that matter. If anyone out there knows, post a reply! For now,…
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Today, I’m going to do my best to update my website www.oldbones.co to include all the classes and presentations coming up. Another genealogy fundraiser for the First Church in Ludlow is starting February 25th, a 4 week course begins this Thursday at The Yellow House Center of Community Learning then the Hitchcock Free Academy would like to…
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