Archive for December, 2010
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Choose to Make a Difference!
Please pick a cause and make a difference. You will be pleased with yourself for so doing.
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A Note About Donations
During this holiday season, please consider donating to your favorite cause, or please select a cause to support all of whom are free to their constituents and each of whom needs your support.
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Voyages During 1700s
From: Lance lance@lancebrashear.com Where can I find information about voyages during the 1700′s between modern day Colombia and New Orleans?
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George Mason Hill
From: Ann B. Hill abhill29@yahoo.com Is there any info out there about my grandfather, George Mason Hill? Family lore has it that he was San Francisco port commissioner or supervisor or whatever the political office was in the late 19th-early 20th century. I have the feeling that his father may have been involved (or targeted)in [...]
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“Reform”
Trying to learn more about apparently two vessels named “Reform” in 1849-1850. One apparently plied between Bremen and Galv; other at least Valp to SF. Any help would be appreciated. Information I have is from Alta and Galv pass lists: Oct 12, 1849 Rus bg Reform, Allendorff, 50 ds fm Valparaiso, 48 passengers (Alta Oct [...]
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The Dog Under the Wagon
THE DOG UNDER THE WAGON. February 19, 1906 The Washington Post From the Advance. “Come, wife,” said good old Farmer Gray, “Put on your things, ”tis market day, And we’ll be off to the nearest town, There and back ere the sun goes down.” Spot? No, we’ll leave old Spot behind. But Spot he barked [...]