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Carnival of Genealogy Entry

Carnival of Genealogy: A Day at the Beach (Redondo Beach, CA, 1929)

by Memoir Mentor on May 21, 2011

My maternal grandparents and four of their children immigrated to the United States from Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1922. My grandfather, William Miller, was a coal miner, the son and grandson of coal miners. Times were hard in Scotland in the early 1920s, with frequent mining strikes chipping away at my grandfather’s efforts to make a [...]

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The Girl in the Picture (A Carnival of Genealogy Entry)

by Memoir Mentor on August 30, 2008

My paternal grandmother was my age when she died. I was startled to discover this recently when I studied with fresh eyes the span of dates that comprised her life. Funny, she had seemed so old to me the last time I saw her when I was seventeen. What wouldn’t I give to sit down [...]

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Dying Young: The Story of a Scottish Coalmining Family

by Memoir Mentor on July 9, 2008

Note: This is a post for the Carnival of Genealogy. Those who write family history stories may want to participate in the Carnival. It’s a good opportunity to post your writing on the Internet for others to read. Click HERE to find out more about the COG, and HERE to access the stories posted for [...]

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