Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Wordless Wednesday: My Mother and Aunt, Detroit, Michigan

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Monday, February 15, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Names of Men Naturalized Since May 7, 1894

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Detroit Free Press , 3 November 1894, page 1 The November 3, 1894 issue of the Detroit Free Press published a list of names of men tha...
Monday, December 21, 2015

Mappy Monday: Route of the Erie & Western Transportation Co. (Anchor Line)

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Route of the Erie & Western Transportation Co. (Anchor Line) and connecting railroad and steamer lines, showing summer excursion tours...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Founding of Detroit

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On 24 July 1701, the city of Detroit was founded. Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, was given $1500 livre (about $300) by Lo...
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Monday, June 15, 2015

Mappy Monday: Detroit, Michigan

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Detroit inset. 1 December 1927. From Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (15 April 1939). Official Michigan Highway Map ....
Sunday, June 7, 2015

52 Ancestors: Week 23 "Wedding": Anna Elizabeth Gatlin and All Her Husbands

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My great-grandfather 's sister Anna Elizabeth Gatlin had many weddings, and so did her husbands! Anna was born in Nashville, Tennessee...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Dutch Veterans' Day

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Since 2005, Dutch Veterans' Day (Veteranendag) has been observed on the last Saturday in June. The date was chosen in honor of Prince Be...