The Fonda Blog — ongoing articles, discoveries, and family-history notes.
The Fonda Blog

Articles, discoveries & family-history notes

Ongoing research, discoveries, and stories from the Fonda family history.

Connecticut Creek

Lawyer violated stream protection law, police say The Daily Freeman - August 30, 2008 Mount Tremper, CT - A Mount Tremper man was arrested after operating a backhoe in a protected stream, despite repeated warnings from…

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SUNY New Paltz

Senate Passes Legislation to Change Political Science Academic Policy The New Paltz Oracle - March 27, 2008 Legislation recently passed by the student senate might help political science students double majoring in an outside department gain…

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Fonda DNA Group

Visit the Fonda DNA Group and be one of the first to compare your chromosomes! By comparing your DNA Ancestry test results with others, you can determine to what extent you are related. For example, the…

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Dutch Banns

Marriage of Jelles Douwes and Hester Douwedr This is a microfilm copy of the original Banns (marriage vows) between Jelles Douwes and Hester Douwedr in 1641. Surnames were not used at the time in Holland. Douwes…

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New Fonda Bridge

Businesses to Make Way for Bridge The Leader-Herald - August 5, 2008 Fonda, NY - Antoinette Capparello is enjoying what will be her last few months in the restaurant and catering business she owns on Route…

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