Duchess & Sadie's Domain

Bayfield, Colorado - Well! Counting down, it is now 12 days before Christmas! AND ... 18 days (or less now) until 2011New Year! How this Christmas and Holiday decorating, shopping thingy working out for you?

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Another William J. Magill

America - Another William J. Magill was out there. As we wrote back in Vol. 11, Iss. 38, 2009-09-21, concerning an article titled William J. Magill of South Carolina & Georgia, this is not the same as NW Okie's William Jacob McGill of Tennessee & Oklahoma.

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1860 US Fed Census Slave Schedules

Missouri - On page 2, Schedule 2, there shows slave inhabitants in the county of Shelby, Missouri, enumerated by Assistant Marshal, W. R. Shachan, on June, 1860, showing names of slave owners (20) and number of slaves by age, sex, color, fugitives from the state, number of slave houses (12), number of male slaves (45), number of female slaves (35).

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Wiley Cowan Descendants

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Home Comfort Cookbook (1934) - Recipes & Pleasures

America - The Home Comfort Cookbook of 1934 had this tidbit of information about the Home Comfort Range pleasures of cooking recipes on the range. Did your grandparents feel the same way as the following quote?

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Lucille Mulhall - Original Cowgirl

Oklahoma - Roy of Perry, OK says, "You probably know where Mulhall, Oklahoma is (south of here near Orlando). Here's a bit of history concerning the family which lived there and the town is named for. There's even a "Lucille Cafe" there that's named for her."

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History of Clark County

Clark County - I found the following History of Clark County, page 77, (not sure what state, but think in the Shenandoah valley area.) I have misplaced that link at Ancestry.com, but I did save a JPG file of the page, as shown in the image on the left.

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NW Okie's R & R

Bayfield, Colorado - Are these three sisters "angels?" Some might think so, but there might be others out there that think NOT!

I far as I can recall, I believe this photo was taken around 1951, in the backyard of 703 7th Street, Alva, Woods county, Oklahoma. The three McGill sisters as identified from left to right are: Linda, Dorthy and Amber.

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Rev. Henry Louthan

Virginia - We received a Facebook message from Jessica Green on Facebook . Jessica is trying to find some information concerning a Rev. Henry Louthan, who was born in Virginia and died in Missouri.

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Henry Louthan Marriage To Mary Parsons

Missouri - Taken from page 220, of an Ancestry.com record, the following shows a Henry Louthan, a Baptist minister, married Mary Parsons, and they lived in Palmyra, Missouri where Rev. Louthan died. Here is the rest of that information.

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