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Digging Up My Ancestors – Smithsonian Edition
Click here for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Gibb Archaeological Consulting Crew, Cole Cemetery site, Aberdeen, MD, 2010. GAC photo. And...

Becky Fifield
May 10, 20122 min read
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Digging Up My Ancestors – Smithsonian Edition
Click here for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Gibb Archaeological Consulting Crew, Cole Cemetery site, Aberdeen, MD, 2010. GAC photo. And...

Becky Fifield
May 10, 20122 min read
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Digging Up My Ancestors – Inbred
This post is a continuation of a series chronicling the relocation of my family cemetery, including my 4th Great Grandparents James Cole...

Becky Fifield
Apr 28, 20122 min read
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Digging Up My Ancestors – Inbred
This post is a continuation of a series chronicling the relocation of my family cemetery, including my 4th Great Grandparents James Cole...

Becky Fifield
Apr 28, 20122 min read
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I Spy…Rural Commerce in the Nineteeth Century
I was using this Martenet Map of Harford County from 1878, viewable on the Library of Congress website, to do some family research. I was...

Becky Fifield
Apr 27, 20121 min read
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I Spy…Rural Commerce in the Nineteeth Century
I was using this Martenet Map of Harford County from 1878, viewable on the Library of Congress website, to do some family research. I was...

Becky Fifield
Apr 27, 20121 min read
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Thoughts on the Winter Garden
Manhattan Tomato Harvest, 2011. I come from a gardening family, and at this time of year, I’m biding my time until garden season. My...

Becky Fifield
Apr 21, 20123 min read
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Thoughts on the Winter Garden
Manhattan Tomato Harvest, 2011. I come from a gardening family, and at this time of year, I’m biding my time until garden season. My...

Becky Fifield
Apr 21, 20123 min read
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Digging Up My Ancestors
Click here for the first post on the Cole Cemetery relocation. My mother and I were standing in the Target parking lot in Aberdeen one...

Becky Fifield
Apr 12, 20123 min read
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Digging Up My Ancestors
Click here for the first post on the Cole Cemetery relocation. My mother and I were standing in the Target parking lot in Aberdeen one...

Becky Fifield
Apr 12, 20123 min read
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Vaccination – for one, for everyone
Baron Jean Louis Alibert performing the vaccination against smallpox in the Chateau of Liancourt, Constant Desbordes, c. 1820. Musee de...

Becky Fifield
Apr 7, 20122 min read
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Vaccination – for one, for everyone
Baron Jean Louis Alibert performing the vaccination against smallpox in the Chateau of Liancourt, Constant Desbordes, c. 1820. Musee de...

Becky Fifield
Apr 7, 20122 min read
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It’s Here! The 1940 Census
In April of 1940, there were just over 132 million Americans. Today, after the obligatory 72 year wait to protect the privacy of the...

Becky Fifield
Apr 2, 20122 min read
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Digging Up My Ancestors
Cole Family Burial Mound, Aberdeen, MD, 2010. The mound was left after gravel stripping operations in the 1940s, and has now been...

Becky Fifield
Mar 29, 20122 min read
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