Volume 13 , Issue 12

Duchess & Sadie's Domain

[The photo on the left was taken the evening before (Friday, 18 March 2011) and he photo on the right was taken Saturday, 19 March 2011, by photographer, Robert L. Wagner, Alva, Oklahoma. Great shot, Rob!]

On March 19, 2011 were you ready for the "Supermoon?" Did you view the "Super Moon?" How about that huge, bright "Super Moon" Saturday evening?

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This Day In History (March 21)

If Ty Cobb could get $4000 with an $800 bonus in 1908, I wonder what my Grandpa Bill McGill received when he signed with the St. Louis Browns in 1907. Need to check that out! Neither Ty Cobb nor Grandpa McGill received what baseball players get in present day! That I am sure of!

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NW Okie's NEW NWOkie Webcam

We have started using a NEW webcam software for our SW Colorado Cam. With EyeSpyFx MyWebcam App, on our Mac and iPad, we can hook it to our Logitech Pro 9000 webcam to view the archives (if we have the archives set to on). Right now the "archives" are turned-off. Here is a tinyurl link for NWOkie webcam.

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Throw 'er June Photo (7 May 1933)

In Vol. 6, Iss. 20, dated 15 May 2004, in The OkieLegacy Ezine, Larry Hardesty commented on Feature #1340 -- "I know of the June (actually Junia) and Eli Rentfro to which the poem (The Pie Supper) refers. They are relatives of relatives. If you want more information, contact me at Email: ebony51@frontiernet.net - It had to happen around 1905 or so."

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Scottish Covenanters Index

We were searching for some Scots in the Scottish Covenanters Index over at Ancestry.com when we find some DUNLOP's and MCGILL's listed in this index. Here is some information concerning the Scottish Covenanters Index, and what, how it came about.

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Ireland, Ordnance Survey (1824-1846)

Also . . . While I was searching for some Irish ancestors, I found this great Ireland Ordnance Survey map dated between 1824-1846.

Source Information - Ancestry.com. Ireland, Ordnance Survey, 1824 - 1846 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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The New England Historical & Genealogical Register

The New England Historical & Genealogical Register was published quarterly under the direction of the New England historic, Genealogical society. The editor was Rev. William Cogsell, D.D. The publisher was Samuel G. Drake, in 1847.

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Oil Rig Fire Probable Strike by Lightening

Did you hear, see or read about the oil rig fire that was about 1/2 mile northwest of Dacoma, Woods county, Oklahoma a few days ago? They are saying it could probably have been struck by a lightening storm in the area at the time. - [The photos above were taken at a safe distance by photographer, Robert L. Wagner of Alva, Oklahoma.]

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HOHL/HULL's & History of Alleghany County, VA

According to A Centennial History of Alleghany County of Virginia, by Oren Frederic Morton (1857-1926), on page 206, there is mention of Peter Thomas HOHL, who married Susannah F(D)IEFFENBACK(H) in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. It said that Susannah was the second wife of Peter Thomas HOHL and the mother of his fourteen children, but I have found differently in my research.

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