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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.
— G.K. Chesterton
genealogy
Blogger Family Tree
The Politburo Diktat has a cool blogger family tree. If you have a blog, go get yourself added.
Happy Saint David's Day!
Today is the feast of Saint
David. St.
David is the patron saint of Wales and his day is celebrated much like St. Patrick's
is in Ireland. Why am I telling you this? Well, I'm descended from the Welsh.
In 1683, William ap John, a Quaker, left […]
All in the Family
My cousin (once removed):
Family Pride
I love genealogy and I wish I had more time to pursue it. Thankfully, one of my
relatives has the time. Here's
an article from his local newspaper about how he traced our lineage back to Betsy
Ross.
A date with (family) history
"A Crawfordsville man wanted to find a way to […]
Euroblunder
The home of my ancestors has been dissed.
Eurocrats leave Wales off EU map
A bureaucratic blunder has left Wales off a map of Europe on the cover of a prestigious EU reference book.
