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ATTN: All Newsvine Group Owners

I will keep this message short so that the word can be passed on.  As you may be aware, or not aware; of the problems being encoutered lately, there is information all group owners should know. I sent a report this weekend about missing avatar photos with the groups.   …

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A Kentucky Story, 1812-2012

In February, 1812, a large flatboat carrying William Owen Bruce, his wife, three sons, a new daughter-in-law, and several servants touched land on the western side of the Kentucky River at a break in the Palisades.  It was cold, and the journey had been long, having begun i …

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Foto-Friday -- The Trail of Tears -- For Shame, America!!!

Background note:  I am only 1/16th Cherokee.  I haven't much information about my great-great grandmother, but I have her chair, made for her by her husband, my Grandpa Trumbo, her tin coffee pot, and I know a few precious tidbits of her as a woman.  She was belov …

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The Relationship Between the Choctaw the Irish and Me - A Journey to the Past

This story started out as an article that I posted regarding the First Code Talkers, the Choctaw.

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A Major Discovery On My Part Regarding Native-Americans, Ireland and Me

This is a brief story about a discovery that I made due to the NV that has changed my life.

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VineMeet Pre-Registration! Sign up NOW for Your Group Fun!

It's time to PRE-REGISTER FOR THE VINEMEET! Pre-register now for your spot in the VineMeet Group Fun! Pre-registration forms are due by: Deadline: April 1, 2011

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November Challenge: Different Perspective - I pikked them up Gramma

My grandsons and I have a different outlook on when the toys are put away and when they are not. This is for the November Challenge, Different Perspectives, of the NV Photography Group.

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Amazing 1906 film of San Francisco, four days before the earthquake.

Taken by a camera mounted on the front of a cable car, this film shows the activity in the business district on Market Street as the cable car moves toward the clock tower on the Embarcadero Wharf -- which is still there.

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Most View Census Positively, But Some Have Doubts

As the federal government gears up for its decennial count of the country's population, most Americans think the census is very important and say they will definitely participate. But acceptance of and enthusiasm for the census are not universal.

Union Volunteer Army and My GGGrandfather

Herod Willson was my great great grandfather and was one of eight children of Reuben and Jemima Willson. The picture of Herod and his second wife Amanda. His First wife became ill and died. They lived in Maries County Missouri at the time.

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The picture in the avatar is one of my family at a reunion. This took place in Chamois Mo in 1989. Chamois is a very small town that runs parallel alo …

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