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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

AncestryDNA Shared Ancestor Hints

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AncestryDNA provides what they call "Shared Ancestor Hints." That is, if both you and a DNA match have linked to an Ancestry Famil...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Wordless Wednesday: Westminster Jews Free School

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Source For more information on members of my family who attended this school, see Monday's post.
Monday, May 30, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: London School Records for Nelly and Bella Newmark - 1898

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Memorial Day 2016

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Below is my annual post for Memorial Day Weekend. A post on what Memorial Day is for, besides barbecues. The above image comes from a p...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Some Mistakes I've Made

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Elizabeth O'Neal over at Little Bytes of Life is trying to breathe some life into the old Carnival of Genealogy , rebranding it a Gene...
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Monday, May 16, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Melvin Newmark on Being a Judge

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Thursday, May 12, 2016

The Amen Stone - by Yehuda Amichai

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In honor of Israeli Independence Day and Jewish Heritage Month, here is part of a poem by Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) - considered by many t...
Monday, May 9, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Minnie Van Every Visits Her Uncle - June 1898

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Monday, May 2, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Mandell Newmark Comes Home - 1948

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Arson at 1106 North Eighth Street - 1892

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Selig Feinstein Elected President of Tpheris Israel Congregation

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Obituary for Morris Blatt - 1926

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Monday, April 4, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: The Obituary and Will of Louis Cohen

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Searching Digital Newspaper Archives: Don't stop with the names

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My great grandfather's name is Barney Newmark, with a 'W.' How do you think I found the below article in my search of the St. L...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Max Newmark Killed by Robbers - 1931

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

My Ancestral Location Chart

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Lots of genealogy bloggers are posting ancestral birth charts illustrating where their ancestors were born through five generations. I figur...
Monday, March 21, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Morris Blatt Burglarized Three Times - 1897

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Corned Beef on Rye (repost)

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Corned Beef and Cabbage on Rye To the left is a bio my great-grandfather Barney Newmark submitted to the North St. Louis Businessman...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Barney Newmark Denies Knowledge of Stench Activity

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Wordless Wednesday: Myrtle Deutsch at the YWCA - 1947

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 7, 1947, page 1D (Position the mouse over the photo for additional information.)