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My Paternal Great-Grandfather
William Henry Gamble
(Husband of Abigail Mae (Miller) Weeks)
Born – January 31, 1881 in Bowie Co., Texas
Died – June 8, 1971 in Denton Co., Texas
Buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River Co., Texas.

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My Maternal 2nd-Great Grandfather
George Washington Forbes
(Husband of Rachael Ann Seeber)
Born – April 13, 1818 in Onondaga Co., New York
Died – April 15, 1903 in Omro, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin
Buried in Omro Union Cemetery, Omro, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin
Inscription reads:
He has gone from his dear
ones, his children, his wife,
whom he willingly toiled for
and loved as his life.

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Well, it’s that time again. Time for me to randomly ramble about whatever is on my mind!
Today, surprisingly, I would like to talk about what I am doing on my web site. In the past week I have uploaded my Spangler research and now I am slowly but surely going through each page [...]

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In the last few days I have written about Martin Isaic Spangler and Henry James (or James Henry) Spangler, as well as Raymond Neal and their strange disappearance in the 1920 U. S. Census. I found a record of Martin and Raymond’s death by looking at the 1920 Census and seeing their spouses listed as [...]

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Lately I have been pondering what we call “The Information Age”. Supposedly we are in the age of information right at our fingertips and we should be able to stay in touch so easily with all of the wonderful technologies available. But is that really what is happening?
I’ve been working on ways to not only [...]

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This week I am showcasing some of what I have been able to find on my Stevenson research. I find it is helpful to share information with family and others in hopes of, perhaps, finding more info from the reader.
I also hope my family enjoys reading what I have found!
Today, I am sharing what I [...]

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Hello everyone!
I have a simple question for you all today. How often do you go back through your research and make sure that you have everything in your database that you actually have? For me, the answer is apparently not enough!
In the last few days I have been going through my Stevenson research and I [...]

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Well, I’m sorry that there was no follow-up to my last post! So, let this be the follow-up!
I have made contact with the person who contacted me and have shared a few photos with him as well as he sharing a few with me. However, the fun stuff will start this weekend, I [...]

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You know, sometimes you just have one of those days. Everything seems to go wrong! Well, wouldn’t it be nice if you could have one of those days where everything seems to go right?
I know it doesn’t come often but I think this might be one of those days, after all it has started off [...]

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