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Author Archives: Janice Brown
New Hampshire’s 4th of July: Freedom to those who have virtue to defend it
“Freedom to those who have virtue to defend it.” — one of the toasts offered by the Provincial Congress to his Excellency General Washington, and his suite, the General and Staff Officers, and the Commanding Officer, of different regiments in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, Military of New Hampshire, Personal History, Really Old News
Tagged 4th of July, celebration, Fourth of July, freedom, New Hampshire, NH
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New Hampshire’s 250 Year Old Towns
Happy Sestercentennial, Semiquincentennial, or Quarter-millennial to you! In 1763 thirteen towns in New Hampshire were considered official by proclamation of then Provincial Governor Benning Wentworth. In that year New Hampshire was a rough and dangerous place to live. Within a decade … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, History, Travel
Tagged 250, anniversary, celebrate, celebration, NH, Quarter-millennial, Semiquincentennial, Sestercentennial, towns
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Ancestry.com: Why Did A Good Idea Go the Way of the Flash Mob?
It’s close to midnight Some sap is dripping from my family tree Under computer screen light You see search results that make you want to flee You try to shriek But a zillion family hits just blur your vision You … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, History
Tagged Ancestry, Ancestry.com, complaint, problem, search engine, today
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Immigrant to New Hampshire: Cora Alvina Parnell (1868-1913)
The lovely face of Cora Alvina Parnell stared back at me from the computer screen. She was probably not a relative, I thought, at least based on her surname. But for whatever reason, I clicked “buy” and spontaneously purchased her … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged bookkeeper, Canada, English, immigrant, Manchester, Mont Vernon, Parnell, TB, tuberculosis, woman
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A Manchester, New Hampshire Small Grocery: Morency’s Market & the Morency Family
Over the past two hundred plus years, these shops have been called by many names: grocer, grocery & provision store, fruit & grocery, grocery company, market, retail store, corner store, convenience store. The corner grocery store has been an essential … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Men
Tagged convenience store, corner store, grocer, grocery, market, Morency
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