Duchess Snowy Domain

Bayfield, CO - Sunday, March 6, 2011, in the afternoon thru Monday, March 7, 2011, has brought some new snowfall to the San Juans in southwest Colorado with more to follow on Tuesday. It seems to be a wetter, heavier snow this time. The photo on the left was taken on the north end of Vallecito, CR 500 a few days ago before the new snow fronts came through.

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1949 Alva High Graduates & MORE

Alva, Oklahoma - [The photo on the left is an old 1949 news clipping of a couple of Alva High senior graduates: Lee Denner and View/Write Comments (count 4)   |   Receive updates (1 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Virginia County Boundaries 1770

Virginia - The illustration of Virginia County boundaries, uses as a base map where most of the counties are laid down from actual surveys. With a concise account of the number of inhabitants, trade, soil and produce of the province. Counties listed without boundaries defined are represented without colorfilled areas and counties are listed below. SEE ALSO Early Virginia Maps

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Scotch-Irish of Highland

Highland, UK & Virginia - Are there any Scotch-Irish emigrants in your ancestral family?

During the colonial era the Scotch-Irish were spoken of as Irish because they arrived from Ireland. Yet they were quite distinct from the Celtic Irish. They were fundamentally Scotch, especially the Scotch of the Highlands. There was also a considerable admixture from the north of England and a slight sprinkling of Huguenots. They were thus a composite people, and such a stock is usually forceful.

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This Day In History (March 7)

America - On this day in 1850, in a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.

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In Memory of Virginia L. Leatherman Leist

Laverne, Oklahoma - A special women and gracious lady passed away last week, February 28, 2011. Some of you might remember her as Virginia Lee Leatherman or Virginia Leist. Virginia lived a full life of 93 years, 9 months and 17 days and left a her legacy and family February 28, 2011. Virginia "did it her way" and had a wonderful life.

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Colonial Virginia

Virginia - I am assuming that there are many Oklahoma citizens with Ancestors that settled around the Colonial Virginia's. As we explore the history of Virginia, maybe it will give you some insight into "Who You Think You Are!"

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Long Island Pioneer

Long Island, NY - In the History of Long Island by Peter Ross we found the following biographical information concerning an ancestor on our Maternal CONOVER / KOUWENHOVEN side of the family. I am not sure exactly how distant and where to fit this ancestor in to our ancestral database or which lineage it derives from. BUT ... maybe someone out there can help in placing William I. Kouwenhoven in the family tree.

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NW Okie's "The Good Old Days"

New Amsterdam ( - I have been working on my maternal and paternal ancestors over at Ancestry - paristimes, especially my maternal Dutch Ancestors of CONOVER / KOUWENHOVEN / COUVENHOVEN. I have found some interesting stories, legacies and information in my research.

The photo on the left shows my Great-Grandmother, Sarah Francis CONOVER (KOUWENHOVEN/COUVENHOVEN) (1848-1924), who married Henry Clay PARIS (1844-1918). Their children were (not sure of the order but believe Grandpa Ernest Claude Paris is standing, far right): Arthur Henry (may be seated, on the far right), Volney Peter (1872-1960), Myrtle Mae (1885-1965) (the only daughter) & Ernest Claude (1879-1959); seated in front, left to right is Sarah Francis CONOVER PARIS, Henry Clay PARIS and another son, Decatur Ray (1877-1947) (Decatur may be standing on the backrow).

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The Time of Indian Peril In Virginia

Virginia - According to The History of Highland County, Virginia, the time of Indian peril in Highland county, Virginia began near the small Indian village of the Shawnees about 60 miles down the South Branch. The red men used the valley of Virginia only as a hunting ground and military highway, along which bands of Northern and Southern Indians made forays against one another. The chief of these war trails lay through the Shenandoah Valley and was known as "Indian Road" and alluded to in the surveyor's book.

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Our European Forefathers of Highland County

Highland County, Virginia - Last week we spoke about the peculiarities of the European stocks from which the Colonial Americans were derived and what brought them to America (religious and economic reasons).

The English, the Lowland Scotch, the Saxon Irish, the Hollanders, the Germans, and the Swedes were of the Germanic stock, which is cool-blooded and persistent.

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