family stories

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J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 16 Mar 25

I remember a family story from years ago. My father's mother (my grandma) is said to have taken a frying pan to his stepfather's head (in self defense, after he tried to slap her.) I don't know why that sticks in my mind, but the...

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Alice and Lilly

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 24 Nov 21

Hi MyLotters, I was so touched by the interest in my dad's distant cousin, Albert's story that I decided to write also about his sisters, Alice and Lilly and what my dad could remember of them. They we distant cousins on his...

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Family Stories

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 23 Sep 21

I have always been told that on my mother's side of the family that we have Native American blood and also descendants of a famous American. And I was told by my mother that my paternal grandmother was full blood Native...

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He killed his mama.

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 4 Jul 18

[b] In the spirit of "urban legends" which I've discussed recently, I thought I'd post this. Now this is something I wrote several months ago. However, it is also something that has been passed down in the family as truth. I...

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Excessive Speed on a Motor Cycle - A Family Story

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 5 May 18

While searching for something in an old newspaper online recently I decided to put in my father' name, as my sister and I had been trying to work out when he had come to live in our town. I loved what I found! In 1924 my father,...

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motorcycle

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For Future Generations... How Many Details Do You Know About Your Own Mother??

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 15 Jul 17

I have been thinking about all the Great Grandchildren that mom has... it's four at the moment and I'm wondering just how much I could add to the tree about her that they might wonder about in the future? A few items I had to ask...

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Listening to Stories from the Past

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 23 Sep 15

Yesterday I had the privilege and pleasure of interviewing two older ladies for the research I'm doing. They were both very alert and happy to share their experiences with me. Not only did I gather information that was useful,...

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community

social history

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Working in the census

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 27 Jan 13

When I work in genealogy. I use the census to tract people in the families I am working on. Since the 1940 census has just been posted online I have again visited my families there. The US census is done every 10 years and is not...

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I just found my family no yeast pizza dough recipe!

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 22 Nov 10

Many times, when I discover a wonderful AND easy recipe, I write it down on any papel (even on a paper napkin) and after a while it gets misplaced. Such had happened to my no yeast pizza dough recipe, one I specially...

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Family stories, do you have a favorite one or more?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 14 May 10

I have many favorite family stories and I love to tell them all, but I will only tell you this one for now: My Father was 21 years younger than one of his brothers who was getting married the week he was born. He was a...

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I may write a children's book

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 14 Jul 08

I have loads of stories from my family that I may put in a book. Here's one that is shortened. What do you think? My GreatAuntie used to tell us a story about the young brave that lost the maiden he loved because she...

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A dead guy out there, in my back yard.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169591) • United States 7 Sep 07

I live in a pretty small town, around 14,000 people. We have had two murders in town in the 30 years I have lived here, and very little violent crime at all. A few years back, my husband worked out of town on a late shift. He...

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