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14 Oct

Posted at 06:21h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning to the living (who get the other 363 days), I’ve included below the link and Wikipedia article for Days of the Dead for further knowledge. This year the Days of the Dead are celebrated from October 31st until November 2nd. Of course, we all know what day falls into that span- Halloween! Halloween’s icons include the black clad witches upon their brooms as some of us grew up seeing in the Wizard of Oz. It made me wonder how many witches or witchcraft stories exist in our family histories? So I did an inventory, and I thought you’d be interested in...

13 Oct

Posted at 03:55h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning possible cousins, Most of us grew up knowing we couldn’t and shouldn’t of even think of marrying our cousins.  Did we ever wonder why that was?  Did we assume that’s it’s always been like that? Back in the day, how far a man could ride on horseback was often the limit to whom he could choose to court.  For a boy to even meet a girl with future marriage in mind, she would have to attend his church as outside of immediate neighbors the folks you met at church were likely the only ones of marital age.  When folks moved...

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