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Miriam Midkiff posted a blog entry

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0800

November 2009 Calendar of Events
Dull November brings the blast;Then the leaves are whirling fast.--from "The Garden Year" by Sara ColeridgeHolidays, History,...
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:45:00 -0700

Happy Hallowe'en!
It's still Hallowe'en on the West Coast as I write this. The following photo is of the very first time I celebrated the...
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

Surname Saturday: BARBER
The BARBER surname belongs to my maternal grandmother's biological mother. My grandmother was an adoptee, and I will be...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:03:00 -0700

Major Announcement from Footnote
ENTIRE U.S. CENSUS GOES INTERACTIVE WITH FOOTNOTE.COM-Footnote.com to feature original documents from every publicly available...
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:13:00 -0700

Wordless Wednesday: My New Hobby
© Miriam Robbins Midkiff, 2009
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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0700

October 2009 Scanfest
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:30:00 -0700

A Beginner's Guide to Scanning Postcards
I was honored when Evelyn Yvonne Theriault of A Canadian Family and the host of the Festival of Postcards requested that I...
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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:53:00 -0700

The Clock, the Chart, and the Compass Rose
Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.--William Butler YeatsIt all began in second period, where...
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:12:00 -0700

Scanfest is Coming!
The October 2009 Scanfest will take place here at AnceStories next Sunday, October 25th, from 11 AM to 2 PM, Pacific Daylight...
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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

Surname Saturday: TOLLIVER
My father-in-law's paternal grandmother was the last in my husband's family to be born with the TOLLIVER surname. In my...
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:06:00 -0700

My Favorite Genealogical Society
If you don't count my parents, I don't have Eastern Washington ancestors. Like many Americans in today's mobile society, I...
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:07:00 -0700

Miss Manners Sorts Out Ancestor's Marital Status
As I was reading the headlines of various articles from my local paper in Google Reader this morning, the following jumped out...
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Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

Surname Saturday: LEWIS
The LEWIS family is my paternal grandfather's mother's line, and it is a name that is perpetuated into the present. It was my...
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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:57:00 -0700

The Martin Family and the Great Fire of 1910
In the summer of 1910, nearly all of Northeast Washington, North Idaho, and much of Western Montana was burning.After a long...
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:27:00 -0700

Maybe, Just Maybe, They're Hooked
Within our own families, genealogists tend to be lonely.For the most part, we are usually the odd man out, the only one within...
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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:08:00 -0700

Calendar of Events Delayed
The October 2009 Calendar of Events has been delayed due to technological difficulties. Please stay tuned!
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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:45:00 -0700

Happy Birthday, RootsTelevision!
RootsTelevision is three years old today; can you believe it? To celebrate, they've listed their top 10 videos here! Stop by...
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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:42:00 -0700

September Scanfest 2009 - Part 2
Scanfest 2009 - Part 2
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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:00:00 -0700

September 2009 Scanfest
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Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:11:00 -0700

WSGS State Conference: Day Three
EWGS members enjoy breakfast in the Elizabethan room at the WSGS state conferenceOn Sunday, I was able to sleep in a bit before...
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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:39:00 -0700

WSGS State Conference: Day One
This is a duplicate of a post I've written for the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society blog.I arrived at the Davenport...
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Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:04:00 -0700

Light Blogging Ahead
Tomorrow I'm back at work after 10 very short weeks of summer "vacation." In my opinion, there was very little of either...
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Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0700

Surname Saturday: HOEKSTRA
The HOEKSTRA line is my maternal grandmother's line. The name is Frisian and means "from the corner." In English, it is...
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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:37:00 -0700

Ancestry.com Bringing High-Speed Scanners to FGS in Little Rock
Ancestry.com is excited to provide FGS conference attendees the opportunity to have their family records scanned, for free, on...
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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:32:00 -0700

New Ancestry.com Family Tree Maker 2010 Software Adds New Storytelling and Organizational Tools
No. 1 Selling Family Tree Software Continues To Offer Users Online Integration with Ancestry.com and Other Web Resources...
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