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Oh That Common Name: Thomas

August 17, 2023
By: Karen Zach Have any common names in your family tree? Barker? Coleman? Helms? Morgan?...
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Frank Clements RR #1 – Our First

August 14, 2023
By: Karen Zach As promised, this week you will meet the other of the first...
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Meet One Of Our City’s First Rural Carriers

August 4, 2023
By: Karen Zach I love firsts and today’s article is in regards to one of...
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All About “Bony” Reynolds

July 27, 2023
By: Karen Zach Often, I find a subject for an article in a most unusual...
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Karen Has A Quick Adventure

July 20, 2023
By: Karen Zach Written about Davis, Myers, Smith, and Jones families so I decided to...
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Man With Many Names Would Be So Surprising

July 13, 2023
By: Karen Zach I “met” this fellow when I was researching for the March Montgomery...
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All About Byron Price

July 6, 2023
By: Karen Zach Always fascinated with newspapermen, I ran into this one the other day...
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Milton Byron Waugh

June 29, 2023
By: Karen Zach While researching for the September Montgomery Memories, I found 5-6 men who...
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Good ‘Ol Doc Cowan

June 8, 2023
When you’ve written local history articles for almost 50 years and you’ve lost your computer...
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Terrific Three

June 1, 2023
Often, careers run in families, such as my father laid carpet and taught my brother;...
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