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Francis
According to the genealogy files so laboriously compiled by my Aunt Nibby in the pre-Internet dark ages, Francis Baker was the first direct ancestor on Pop’s side. He came over in 1635, although some of the details she had conflict with the ones on this website.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado 1921 Directory Page 351
She was nine when this phone book was new.

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Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, CO
The Stockdale family plot is there… I recognize grandparents names, some aunts, and so on.

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One of the photos I took while on our trip to the East Coast.
My brother-in-law, Wally, was killed in January 1968 in Hue, during the infamous Tet offensive.
He is listed on panel 37 East, line 54, as Edward W. Crum.
Via: Flickr Title: Into The Light By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 23 May ‘08, [...]

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I changed themes again, this time rather painlessly, so that I could add a Google Reader share widget to the left column. I’ll be customizing the various header images over the long weekend and perhaps softening the color scheme and changing font.
This theme is called Cutline and seems to work okay right out of [...]

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