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14-year-old bride among this week's family-tree birthdays
Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Jan. 5: Jan. 5 Louisa Wilson (my first cousin three times removed on my mother's side), b....
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Dec 29, 20145 min read
Wicked hangover good tradeoff for easy-to-remember anniversary date
There’s a good chance I’ll never forget my wedding anniversary, although there is an equally good chance I’m condemned to forever...
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thatsbug2u
Dec 29, 20144 min read
9 New Years babies, man with NFL ties among this week's family tree birthdays
Family-tree birthdays for the week of Dec. 29: Dec. 29 • Anne Owen Constable (my 10G grandmother on my mother's side), b. 1615 in...
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thatsbug2u
Dec 22, 20143 min read
Noted educator, prominent businessman among birthdays from my family tree for week of Dec. 22
This week's birthdays from my family tree: Dec. 22 Fred M. Brinson (my wife's great-great uncle on her father's side), b. 1922 in...
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thatsbug2u
Dec 21, 20141 min read
Christmas in the Ky. hills: 'Maybe we weren't as smart as we thought we were'
Where kin are in greater supply than cash, as it was where my mother grew up, Christmas revolves more around family than gifts. Linda...
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thatsbug2u
Dec 15, 20144 min read
Noted civil engineer, relative of well-known NFL coach among this week's family tree birthdays
This week's birthdays from my family tree: Dec. 15 Isaac Lewis (my 3G grandfather on my father's side), b. 1846; d. Dec. 16, 1923. Died...
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thatsbug2u
Dec 8, 20142 min read
This week's birthday includes a tale of intermarriage, my dear great-grandmother
This week's birthdays from my family tree: Dec. 9 John William Kidd (my second cousin once removed on my father's side, and my granduncle...
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thatsbug2u
Dec 4, 20147 min read
I learned the hard way: Family trees should be drawn in pencil, not ink
Like a fly snared in amber and held in view for eons, two or three lines from a yearlong video project I prepared for my family render it...
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thatsbug2u
Nov 30, 20142 min read
A doctor and a radio evangelist are among those on this week's birthday list
Folks in my family tree with birthdays the week of Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Lawrence Burdell Graham (great uncle in-law of my wife, Debi), b. 1909...
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thatsbug2u
Nov 25, 20147 min read
Thanksgiving: A day two pigs would die
I can't really explain my grotesque fascination with hog killin'. Maybe it's my way of denying a sissified, suburban upbringing. Maybe...
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thatsbug2u
Nov 24, 20143 min read
This week's birthdays
This week's birthdays from my family tree: Nov. 24 Lewis Heffley (first cousin, three-times removed on my mother’s side), b. 1830,...
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thatsbug2u
Nov 22, 20143 min read
Join me as I monkey around in my family tree
My grandmother, Leona Olive Williams Wilson. To my knowledge, no historian or newspaper reporter ever asked Leona Olive Williams Wilson...
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