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      <image:caption>An Interpretation of a Gathering at the Liberty Pole in Duxbury, Massachusetts, image by Patrick Browne, Historical Digressions</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Denver (Cherry Creek) 1859</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 39, Number 260, September 17, 1898</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 55, Number 139, May 19, 1914</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Glacier Point Hotel. Sadly, this hotel was destroyed by fire in 1969.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A restored 1918 Buick Six — pretty nice! By Alexander Migl - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77847277</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Typical stateroom from the era</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Postcard from Earl’s Collection</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tenerife, Canary Islands - Postcard from Earl’s collection</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Polly Little’s headstone; photo from Finadagrave.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MIddlebury Free Press, 11 March 1830, page 3 via Newspapers.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Joshua Little headstone, photo from Findagrave.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>South Kansas Tribune, 8 Dec 1880; from newspapers.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cyrus P. Little’s headstone, Memphis National Cemetery. Photo from Findagrave.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Arendal, Norway, 1911 - note the photographer is P. M. Danielsen (no relation)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Margaret Elisabeth Neilson birth certificate</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Marriage certificate</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mamie and Nettie Boyce, 1890. Photo enhanced by MyHeritage.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Loosely translated: On December 31, 1883, Joseph Giroux (22), son of Alfred Giroux and Lina Truchon, and Natalie (Nettie) Laberge (23), daughter of Ludovici (Louis) Laberge and Domitilda (Matilda) Clairoux, were joined in matrimony.  Witnesses: Joseph Goure and Philamena (Lina) Giroux.   Laberge is the original spelling, but Nettie’s family spelled their name Labarge.  Joseph Goure was probably a relative on Joe’s mother’s side. Philamena Giroux was Joe’s sister. Source: Notre Dame church records (Malone, NY), FHL film #1,450,730, page 377.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Image of letter from Nettie to her sister on letterhead of Babcock and Coleman company - possibly Joe’s place of work.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Joseph Boyce on the left in front of dairy wagon. Nettie Boyce in doorway wearing white apron. Just to her left is a young child crying: Mamie Boyce. Location: Aspen? Photo colorized and enhanced by MyHeritage.com.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Reefton, NZ. Colorized on www.myheritage.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Frances Mary’s birth certificate — address given as 1362 15th Ave., Oakland</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Frances, Earl, and dog Teddy — taken in Reefton around 1908</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mary, Francis, and Earl — date and location unknown — probably 1895?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>INANGAHUA TIMES, 6 June 1908, Page 4 (A bone crusher is a machine used to crush ore in mines.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Page from family Bible. Francis’s birth and death originally entered as 1893 and written over as 1894, but cemetery record confirms 1893 is correct year.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>La Bajada Hill - near Sante Fe, New Mexico. Photo from Hammond family photo collection</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - The Hammond family move to California in 1922 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>This article went on for 10 more column inches! Clipped from newspapers.com</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Francis Pearce and Mary Baker in Montana - Philipsburg (Montana) Mail</image:title>
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      <image:caption>From: Views of Granite, Philipsburg and Vicinity by Chas. Weitfle, Granite, Montana, [1893?]</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The New North-West, 8 October 1892</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My parents’ wedding March 19, 1949. Nana Hammond, Nana Pearce, Comma (what we called my dad’s dad) Mom, and Dad. Yes, we called my Nanas by their last names, and this may be the only photo I have of them together.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I am Meredith (Pearce) Johanson and I live in Sacramento, California with my husband Steve. Our daughter, son-in-law, and 3 grandsons live near by. I have been working on family history for many decades — starting with conversations with relatives, then looking at lots of microfilm, then diving into the ever expanding family history resources of the internet. My purpose here is to share what I have learned along the way, in the form of stories based on the research I have done. I invite you to join me on this journey into the near and far past. Meredith</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Back row: my dad, ??, ??, violinist, Auntie Marge, Uncle Hans Front row: Uncle Elwood, my mom, Auntie Charlotte, ??, ??, Nana, Comma</image:caption>
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