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“…and the level was out of order…” March 4, 1913

We started to work Cullerne Lee and I got out in the field and the level was out of order and we had to come back to the car in the afternoon we had Louis come out with us and we made him help us. at night he was pretty tired of the job we…
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Monday, March 3, 1913

“Lest We Forget” Weather very warm thawed all day. In the afternoon we all went to work on a drain. Walton, Cullerne, Arthur, Davis and myself work all afternoon got home at 6:30 feeling very hungry

Sunday, March 2, 1913

Weather dark and cloudy all day but warm. I was all alone in the car all day. I started to wash about 9 oclock and finished about 3 oclock After that I work on my album till supper time After that Arthur and I went to church And here’s another shot from “The Album”…by the…
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BU

Between all the drama over the past few weeks, I can look back and say that this was bad timing to start an on-line course in genealogical research. It’s not as easy as it sounds…not that I thought it would be a walk in the park! Here are some concepts I can’t get my head…
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“Lest We Forget” 100 years ago on March 1, 1913

So that I don’t forget… I’m blogging “Lest We Forget”, pretty ironic!!…I scanned about 8 days worth of diary entries tonight to make it easier to stay on top of things. Hey! I’ve been busy! Cullerne and Steve were in town all day We were to go to work but Cullerne did not come back…
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February 28, 1913 “Lest We Forget”

Now, I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: This diary can be excruciatlingly BORING!! Aside from the nostalgic value to me or maybe it’s the historical value from a family history standpoint, it’s interesting. Interesting enough to take the time to post these blogs, anyway!! Clem died in 1955 at age 67. I…
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Thursday, February 27, 1913 100th Anniversary of This Entry in “Lest We Forget”

Weather a little warmer sun out all day Steve and I lay in cat till 10 oc. I went up town and got a haircut. came back for dinner. got fooled they run out of water and we had to go up town for dinner. When we came back Steve and I made blue prints…
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Wednesday, February 26, 1913 “Lest We Forget”

Weather a little warmer The three of us stayed in the car all morning Cullerne working on a gravel Pit note Steve copyed note: I had a chance In the afternoon I helped Steve to copy notes and check them

Tuesday, Februart 25, 1913 “Lest We Forget”

Weather much the same I did a little work Carried water and filled the barrells In the afternoon I went to the drafting room stay about 3 hr while Steve and Cullerne were working in the car. Stene went to the big Caldy [?] in the morning Not much “construction” going on today…maybe too cold?…
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Intro to Genealogy and Family Research: Classes, Lectures and More!

Plenty of classes, lectures and series coming up: 1) Tonight I’m beginning another 5-week course at First Church in Ludlow with up to 12 participants. We’ll meet once a week for 5 weeks. That’s a good number so that I can dig into any interesting cases that come up. 2) I’m halfway through a lecture…
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