A Beautiful Tree

 

Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891)

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Bringing in the Yule Log

 

 from Chambers Book of Days (1832)

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Giving Thanks - Happy Thanksgiving

 

November 1916

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1808 Marriage Bond for Abednego Casteel & Agnes Hensley

(Click image to enlarge)

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Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections

The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection contains 45 newspaper titles that include historic Illinois newspapers ranging from 1831 to 1975 and is continually growing.  You can browse by collection, date, or title. The website also offers Simple and Advanced Search options.  A great feature:  readers can easily correct  the OCR text to improve future search results.

Lorraine Evelyn Casteel (1933-2013)

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FindMyPast world access is free this weekend

 

 

From Friday, November 7th to Monday, November 10th, you’ll be able to access:

• Birth, death and marriage records from the USA, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
• Travel and migration records from all over the world
• Millions of newspaper pages from countries that include Germany, France, China, Denmark, Ireland and the USA
• Military records from the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, as well as our WW1 collections to ensure that everyone has the chance to trace their family this Remembrance weekend 

To find out more about the Free Weekend visit: findmypast.co.uk/freeweekend 

Halloween Greetings

 

Happy Halloween!

 

 Halloween party at State Normal School, Kearney, Nebraska. c.1908

 

Library of Congress American Memory Collection

Nebraska State Historical Society, [Digital ID, e.g., nbhips 12036]

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Getting Ready for Halloween

 

c. 1917

Library of Congress

Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.  

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Shopping Saturday: That Special Halloween Costume

 

(click image to enlarge)

c.1952

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Confederate pomp amid burial of slave's daughter

Mattie Clyburn Rice, who was 91 when she died in September, devoted her energy to confirming her father's Confederate service.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/17/5248731/slaves-daughter-to-be-buried-in.html#.VEU5jCLF_qU#storylink=cpy

Weary Clyburn was in his early 80s when Mattie was born.

Read the full story here:

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/17/5248731/slaves-daughter-to-be-buried-in.html#.VEU5jCLF_qU#storylink=cpy

Confederate pomp amid burial of slave's daughter | CharlotteObserver.com

Street Life in Victorian London

A fascinating, photographic journey showing the grim reality of life on the streets of London in Victorian Britain as captured by John Thomson in 1877.

Visit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/victorian-era-britain-pictures-amazing-2676780#ixzz3EjTYF96W

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