May 2012 Blog Posts (25)

WWII CADET NURSING CORPS MEMORIALIZED AS ANCESTRY.COM PUBLISHES COLLECTION OF RECORDS ONLINE

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Little is known about the early life of Neils Hansen. My great grandfather was born in 1860 in Assens Denmark to Lars Hansen and Mary Heinricksen. He married my great grandmother Mary Kate Meehan at Laidley Queendland Australia on 29/12/1839 - I have a marriage certificate. He died on 11/6/1899 - I have a death certificate. He came to Queensland on some ship at 21 or younger. Any tips appreciated.

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This past week I had the privilege of seeing Muhammad Yunus speak at a World Affairs Council of Houston luncheon. Yunus, of Bangladesh, is a 2006 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and a 1999 recipient of the Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development in India.

In the late 1970′s, he started Grameen Bank (“Bank of Villages”, in Bangla) to address the…

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A stream of consciousness : my imagination

   History is always on my mind. I set my imagination up nearly wherever I go. When I get real quiet-like, and stare off into space, especially on a long car ride, you can bet I'm on a high imagination kick. I drive past that parking garage downtown and I'm imagining my ancestor's old blacksmith shop that used to be on that very piece of land: the musty dark shadowy shop, the air filled with sparks and powder, light sifting in through…