Odds and Ends

The National Cemetery Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs updates its burial lists daily. Hopefully, they sometimes find the names of Civil War

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An article in the Washington Post dated Jan. 14, 2022, states that they’re researching over 5,500 members of Congress who were born before 1840; over

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An article on aish.com explains why Jewish people (and others) didn’t have their names changed at Ellis Island. Their interviews took at least 20 minutes,

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There is an article on canadashistory.ca posted on March 12, 2021, about the 1666 Census of New France, referred to as the Talon-Trudel census. The

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From American Heritage Magazine Feb 1973: During the War of 1812, there were over five thousand American POWs in HM Dartmoor Prison in England. They

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Also found: www.acadian.org website which has different topics you can research. Remember the 1950 census will be out in a few months.

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I came across a copy of the Shamrock Leaf Newsmagazine in the Archival Room at the Caribou library. Did more research online and found www.newirelandnb.ca.

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I have two pictures of soldiers, who were friends of my grandfather, in their uniforms from WWI. William J. LaClair of So Brewer It’s a

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We all have family anecdotes. Are yours written down? We’re familiar with the grandma and grandpa books with questions. A friend is asking these questions

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A town may never have had its own newspaper but, its news may be included in a nearby paper. The newspaper could be just across

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