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Those Places Thursday – Plymouth and Plimouth Plantation
In honor of Thanksgiving, I thought it appropriate to highlight the town of Plymouth and Plimouth Plantation. Plymouth was one of the stops on this summer’s whirlwind tour of New England. Since I am a...
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Wordless Wednesday – Christmas 1980
Celebrating Christmas on December 20th, 1980 with Papa in Holden, Massachusetts. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Photographs from the private collection of Deborah Sweeney ©2013 copyright owned...
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Wordless Wednesday – Look at all that fabric!
Photograph from the private collection of Deborah Sweeney. © Deborah Sweeney, 2014. Post originally found: http://genealogylady.net/2014/04/02/wordless-wednesday-look-at-all-that-fabric/Filed under:...
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Wordless Wednesday – Fisherman’s Wharf
Fisherman’s Wharf, Rockport, Massachusetts May 6, 1972 Photograph from the private collection of Deborah Sweeney. © Deborah Sweeney, 2014. Post originally found:...
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Wordless Wednesday – Almost There!
Rockport, Massachusetts, 1969 Photograph from the private collection of Deborah Sweeney. © Deborah Sweeney, 2014. Post originally found:...
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Vaccination Certificate
Letter transcription: Aug. 21, 1945 Dr. Yegerlehner, Would you be kind enough to write a note or a vaccination certificate for Madelyne and Francis Jr. as Madelyne is entering school Sept. 6th and it...
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Who Were the Parents of Bridget (McGinnis) Thies?
Soon after I married, I reached out to my husband’s extended family to learn more about his roots. In return, I received a large chart with generations of my new in-laws written out in neatly printed...
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A Quick Note
Sept. 8 Dear Ones Thank you for your grand newsy letter. You will never know how much I enjoyed it. I am so happy you are comfortably settled and so interested in all your new purchases. Have not heard...
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Loved Your Letters
10-7-65 David Dear Forgive me for my seeming procrastinating. Taint so. There are days are such that I cannot do much. I thank you so very much, you will never know, how I have loved your letters. I am...
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Jacob Decoster of Maine and Massachusetts
[Editor’s Note: I have been working on the genealogy and history of the DeCoster family for over twenty years. The following piece is part of a larger manuscript that I hope to publish in the near...
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Insurance Policies
Letter transcription: June 19 – 1964 Dear David & Bonnie: Here is your Blue Shield – Blue Cross Policies and your cards – one for each to carry. Just hope you won’t need to use them. I think it...
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Speaking Program
Letter transcription: June 25, 1964 Dear David & Bonnie: Dad brought the enclosed home (more free samples) so I thought I would get them in the mail – not that Bonnie needs them this soon, but so I...
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John’s Plans
Letter transcription: Sat. June 27 1964 Dear David and Bonnie: Yours of June 24th postmark received the 26th – so don’t bother with airmail – it arrives just as fast by regular – at least your first...
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Her Grandmother’s Favorite Granddaughter
Letter transcription: 7-3-64 Dear David and Bonnie: This mail has accumulated in the past few days, so thought I had better get it forwarded to you – not that it amounts to much. Mark and Shirley and...
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Beautiful Eyes
Letter transcription: 7-7-64 Dear David and Bonnie: Tues. evening. We had a hard rain today so the lawn will be in shape for mowing in a day or so. Dad finished the fence so the little dogs next door...
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Waxing Floors
Letter transcription: July 15 – 1964 Dear David & Bonnie – I presume you have been having a vacation as you mentioned in one of your letters, the reason we haven’t heard form you recently. We...
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Update on John’s Arrival
Letter transcription: July 15, 1964 Dear David and Bonnie: I had my letter to you ready to mail when yours came today. I received a cable from John that he would be arriving in N.Y. July 19. Cable came...
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School of Mission
Letter transcription: July 23, 1964 Dear David and Bonnie – This is my fourth day at School of Missions and so far have felt fine. No infections this time. I hated to leave Dad home along, but he said...
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John’s Homecoming
Letter transcription: July 27 1964 Dear David & Bonnie: I have read the enclosed. It couldn’t be forwarded, so I thought I would see what it was all about – I don’t do that to letters, but since...
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Heat Wave
Letter transcription: Monday August 3, 1964 Dear David & Bonnie: Long time, no letter. There is a package here for you and since it was large and light of weight and not very securily wrapped I...
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