Craig on March 16th, 2009

And it’s the best yet!  See it here at Shades of the Departed.

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Craig on March 15th, 2009

I was being lazy one evening and I decided to run some surnames in the Family History Library catalog.  Nothing verfy exciting happened until I tried “Mischeaux.”  This is what I got.   This is the data for the family bible for the very family I’m researching!  The film notes say: “Microfilm of manuscript collection (4 [...]

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Craig on March 12th, 2009

Paul Harvey Aurandt eventually overcame the  murder of his father, a Tulsa police officer, when Paul was just a toddler.  That murder spun off a series of bizarre incidents in the State of Oklahoma: A lynch mob demanded that the Tulsa County sheriff prove that the accused were not in the jail.  They dispersed after [...]

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Craig on March 10th, 2009

Taken Too Soon David Joseph Penny (1942-2007) Edna Mary Penny (1941-2008) Direct Descendants of George Micheau (1813-1907)

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Craig on March 7th, 2009

Even as he represented a kind of normalcy and stability, broadcasting legend Paul Harvey’s personal story was unusual.  Murder, the Ku Klux Klan, perhaps a secret marriage, a grand jury probing the possible theft of  atomic secrets–all of these things are part of the rest of Paul Harvey’s story. Paul Harvey Aurandt was born on [...]

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Craig on March 2nd, 2009

I’m traveling to a conferencce through Wednesday p.m., so our next Paul Harvey story will appear on Friday. Since I am traveling, I’ll also be researching for my other blog, The Watchdog’s Travelog, advice and tips especially for the disabled traveller.

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In the dreary days of fall and winter in 1960s Albuquerque, I would hurry home from school at lunchtime and enter the warm house for a comforting sensory experience.  The kitchen would smell of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Dad would be sitting at the end of the table, he being home for work [...]

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