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  • Friday Findings: A Potluck of Goodies

    Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 18:52 in strong, robbins, hoekstra, friday findings

    This week brought a hodgepodge of different genealogical goodies my way!The Photo AlbumI've been reviewing and analyzing the contents of a photograph album/scrapbook that my maternal great-grandmother kept (one of the items my uncle brought out to us...

  • Surname Saturday: ROBBINS

    Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 04:00 in robbins, surname saturday

    My maiden name is ROBBINS, and I have been able to trace this line definitely back seven generations (not counting my own) to two 5th-great-grandfathers, both of whom were ROBBINSes. My 4th great-grandparents were Joseph Josiah ROBBINS (1820 - 1905)...

  • In Honor of St. Valentine's Day...

    Posted on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at 13:05 in lewis, robbins

    if found on my body please send to the address belowPvt Bryan RobbinsCo I 339th InfNov 3 1918 Archangle [sic] RussiaMiss Marie LewisHoyt StMuskegon Hts Mich USAGood bye, MarieMy last thoughts are of you and my peopleLove to allBryanThis is a partial ...

  • Winter Photo Essay: Marie LEWIS

    Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 01:19 in lewis, carnival of genealogy, robbins

    I've got lots of modern winter photos, but I went through my collection of scanned vintage ones, and figured out that these two were the oldest winter ones I have. The top one is of my paternal great-grandmother, Marie LEWIS, taken during the Winter...