Battle Creek Constable
Out of Our Past August 8, 2009 - Battle Creek Enquirer.com 100 years ago today, 1909: A race riot on the carnival grounds was averted by Constable Fonda last evening when a gang of Italian laborers,…
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Frisian 400 Event
Provincie Fryslân is inviting Americans with Frisian roots for a Festival and Friesland Day in New York Thursday, 18 june 2009 Friesland (one of the northern provinces of the Netherlands) is inviting Frisian emigrants, descendants of…
Copper Kettle
excerpt from The Story of Old Fort Johnson: Many tales are told of that dreadful night, when the unsuspecting inhabitants of the Hill were aroused from their peaceful slumbers to seek safety in flight from the…
Anneke Jans
Some interesting information on our Anneke Jans connection... (connection verified through references in "Dear Cousin"; A Charted Genealogy of the Descendants of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation") This is an e-mail I recently…
Rhodes Scholar
Three from Harvard receive American Rhodes Scholarships The Harvard University Gazette, November 23, 2008 Two Harvard College students and a Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) doctoral student have received Rhodes Scholarships. Thirty-two Americans were chosen…