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Genealogy Corner
We all love our families and knowing as much as possible about them whether living or long deceased. The Galen Historical Society has an extensive collection of files, thanks mainly to the efforts of the late Bill Dean and the notes he left. We would be pleased to assist you in your search for your heritage. If you live out of the area or nearby we will do what we can to locate files for you or set up an appointment for you to do your own exploring at no charge.
We have been collecting newspaper clippings of local interest and are starting a scrapbook so if you have any to share we would be honored to receive them. Old clippings or new are of interest and gladly accepted and may be astounding or trivial. If they interested someone enough to clip them, we will value them and we know that others will enjoy seeing them as well. And, what would a scrapbook be without those family pictures no matter how funny or beautiful the subjects appear? So, as you go through your collection of snapshots (remembering to jot down the names and dates as known) please share copies with us. Whatever you share may be just the missing piece someone needs in tracing a family member.
Recently I had occasion to speak with a Mrs. Sears who shared her remembrances of living in Clyde as a young girl. She talked of the view from the window of her home and told about her great grandfather building a new house for his family and transporting his youngest daughter there in a wheelbarrow. She jotted down her memories and her story will find a place in our scrapbook with our sincere thanks. Please write down your stories both for your own enjoyment and, if you care to share with us, we will treat them as the treasures they are. I myself regaled my own family with a story about a blue snow angel but maybe I won’t put that in the GHS scrapbook. We wish you success in you quest and hope you acknowledge all your ancestors whether princes, paupers or outlaws.
Florence De Santo
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