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September 29, 2022 Yesterday I was mowing the part of our yard that we call the “way back”. It’s an untamed, unmanicured area adjacent to our wind belt trees. As I mowed, I noticed that a nice stand of alfalfa had showed up in the area. Alfalfa is a forage and hay crop that is […]
September 23, 2022 Benjamin Franklin famously wrote “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Genealogists seem to have listened to the death part. Most of us spend a great deal of time looking for death certificates, funeral home, cemetery records and probate records. Fewer of us spend time looking for tax records. […]
September 16, 2022 When I was a high school English teacher, I was strict about requiring perfect spelling and punctuation from my students. I threatened them with grade reductions for those errors. After all, I reasoned, spelling and punctuation would be important in any of their future endeavors. Boy, was I wrong! I no […]