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How Newspapers Can Help Tell Your Family Story

Posted on 6 July, 2019 by Janice Brown

For years I worked on my genealogy without using a newspaper as a reference.  I had boxes of starter material, and of course both my parents were alive to allow me to interview them. Easily 20 years had passed before … Continue reading →

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Charlestown NH Farmer, Inventor, Barbed Wire King: Joseph Farwell Glidden (1813-1906)

Posted on 28 January, 2015 by Janice Brown

What happened when the cow jumped over a barbed wire fence? Utter catastrophe! This poor joke is a lead into today’s blog story, about the potentate of wire fences–a Charlestown NH native named Joseph Farwell Glidden. Sometimes called “devil’s rope,” … Continue reading →

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Canterbury NH Buildings

Posted on 22 March, 2006 by Janice Brown
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Bright flowers against a Canterbury NH fence

Posted on 16 March, 2006 by Janice Brown
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