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New Hampshire’s Old Time Christmas Traditions and Decorations

Posted on 21 December, 2014 by Janice Brown

In New Hampshire’s early days, Christmas was celebrated in a much quieter and sedate manner.  The early New England immigrants were stern opponents of what we consider today to be our usual Christmas pastimes. Even up until the 1870s Christmas … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Missing Places: The Wizard Tree of Intervale

Posted on 5 February, 2014 by Janice Brown

  New Hampshire has long been renown for its picturesque birch trees.  Most often I think of these tall, pale, and often slightly bent trees in a scene combined with a mountain or a crystal blue lake in the background, … Continue reading →

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1786 Poem: "The Grumbling Clown"

Posted on 25 August, 2008 by Janice Brown

Beneath an oak a rustick clown
 Lay lounging in the shade,
Complaining loud of Fortune's gifts,
 And call'd her — … Continue reading →

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When You Wish Upon A Gene

Posted on 29 November, 2007 by Janice Brown

Genealogists are a strange bunch. 

When gift-giving events roll around, they don't want the “normal” things.  Instead of an  iPod, … Continue reading →

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Yanking The LONG New Hampshire DNA Chain

Posted on 28 October, 2007 by Janice Brown

The use of DNA studies as part of surname projects are quickly becoming the method of choice to resolve genealogical … Continue reading →

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