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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Genealogy Tips - Part 1

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Genealogy research is a lot like a treasure hunt. It can be very fun and rewarding to unearth family information, but it can also be potent...

Monday, April 22, 2013

Don't Eat The Books

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Have you ever noticed how many children's books are about food? I suppose that would be because food is one of the things little kids, o...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

That's My Job

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I've been searching for obituaries for the past several days. Although I didn't find a single one that I needed, I did stumble upon ...

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

I Dub Thee... Fido

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The One and Only Rover We always owned a dog while I was growing up. There was Duchess, a beautiful dachshund. Carmen, a frou-frou poo...

Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Most Unromantic Valentine's Day Post You'll Ever Read

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Valentine's Day is upon us! Unfortunately (or happily, for some), we don't all have a sweetheart with whom we can share the day. Her...

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Milk Sickness

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We recently received a question from a patron wanting to find out what type of weed killed Abraham Lincoln's mother. Seeing as today is...

Friday, January 18, 2013

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A patron put us to the test to see if we could locate any pictures or articles we could find in our microfilm collection about Dr. Martin L...

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