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Meri has been haunting cemeteries and musty record rooms for as long as she can remember. Happy to share her discoveries through writing, she hopes to inspire others to discover something about their own family's unique history.Email Meri at MeriRees@msn.com

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Union soldier from New York to be laid to rest exactly 147 years after his death

Can you imagine hiking in the woods and finding human bones—human bones that turn out to be those of a New Yorker some 146 years after his...
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Discovering St. Agnes Cemetery's tradition of faith

With Rick Touchette as our guide a small group of us toured the St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands last week. Much of Albany’s history is etched on...
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Got Mayflower ancestors?

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In July of 1620, Leiden Separatists embarked from Holland on the ship, The Speedwell, to take them to Southamptom, England, to join up with other...
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A City of Lost Graves discovered

Last month the Today Show aired a video segment that highlighted the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville,...
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Milton’s Oakwood Cemetery; overgrown and inaccessible

Normal 0 I stopped by Oakwood Cemetery in Milton, Saratoga County today to look for a headstone and cried at what I found. The cemetery is...
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Albany’s Family History Center offers free help to researchers

The Family History Center, located at 411 Loudonville Road [Route 9] in Loudonville is a branch of The Salt Lake City Family History of The Church of...
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Easton cemeteries coming to life

Easton, Connecticut is home of what some say is not only the most haunted cemetery in Connecticut but in the entire United States! Many apparitions...
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230,000 square-foot Church History Library open to the public

The library, housed at 15 East North Temple in Salt Lake City may be some 3,000 miles from Upstate New York but it has a connection to many of the...
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The State of Rhode Island closer to changing its name

Did you know that the State of Rhode Island's official name is "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations?" Who knew? I suppose few...
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How to “Date” an Old House— historically speaking

New England is teeming with old homes. Some are rich in historical value and may have a blue marker that tells the history of the home and the people...
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