Duchess & Sadie's Domain

Bayfield, CO - [Another photograph taken by Robert L. Wagner, Alva, Oklahoma.] -- As the sunsets four miles west of Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, on the 25th March, we were rounding the corner of the last weekend of March, 2011.

We hear from some of you in northeast Kansas that the chilly, cold weather has caught the tulips and daffodils in their awakening of Spring. Did the blooming spring flowers survive?

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100th Anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

NYC, New York - It was the hundred years ago, March 25, (1911) marks the centennial anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City's history and a seminal moment for American labor. This is to remind us ALL and memorialize the memories of those who lost their lives on that afternoon, 25 March, 1911.

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Irish Emigrants To USA

Ireland - For those looking for emigrants to the USA, you should check out the National Archives and Records Administration pages, which will give information on how to obtain microfilm records of passenger arrivals. You might need a user ID and password to login into this website, though.

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GWIN / GWINNE / GWYN / GWYNNE

Ireland - We did a search for GWIN / GWINNE / GWYNN / GWYN / GWYNNE in the book, Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 23, pages 399 thru 403. We find the following on Google Books. Go to Google Books; search for Dictionary of National Biography along with your surnames and see if you can find a possible ancestor's history.

GWIN, Robert (fl. 1591), pg. 399. I do not know if any of these GWIN's are related to my GWIN's. I am still searching for a connection.

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This Day In History (March 28)

America - It was on this day, March 28, 1979, America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Click following URL to Read article that appeared in the Times.

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History of Baseball

America - My brother-in-law, Lou Wagner, commented on Feature #5963 of last week's OkieLegacy Ezine, "Linda, since I was born in Detroit, I always had an interest in the Tigers and Ty Cobb. If asked how to understand life, I would answer 'Read the history of baseball.'"

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Irish Ancestors - State Registration (Births, Marriages & Death)

Ireland - Between 1838 and 1852, 163 workhouses were built throughout the country, each at the centre of an area known as a Poor Law Union. The workhouses were normally situated in a large market town, and the Poor Law Union comprised the town and its catchment area, with the result that the Unions in many cases ignored the existing boundaries of parish and county.

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Origins of the GWINN Family

America - Ron Gwinn sent the link to a couple of his genealogy websites, which I shall give the link below. Ron also says, "Hello, Linda! I believe that you are a descendent of the Gwin(n) family of Augusta County, Virginia. I thought you might find the latest Y-DNA research on the Gwinns to be of interest. Although not mentioned in the websites, two other Gwinn lines have the same results; one is a descendent of Lt. Joseph Gwin, the other is descended from James Gwinn, both sons of Robert Gwin, Sr. of the Calfpasture River."

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NW Okie's Ancestrial Lineage

Bayfield, CO - Were the GWIN / GWYNN / GWYN / GUINN / GWYNNE / GUINN of Irish or Welsh descent? That is what I am trying to research now. From what I have come across so far, some reports say they could have been mostly Irish instead of Welsh descent.

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Kenneth Dwight Pittman Bio

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GWINN / GWIN

America - From the Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Vol. II, starting at page 1105, we found the following information concerning the following GWIN / GWINN:

GWIN, William M., a Democratic politician, born in Sumner county, Tennessee, in 1805. He was elected to the Senate of the United States for California in 1850, and was re-elected in 1857. He acted with the pro-slavery party.

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