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A Family Squabble, But Whose Family?

Old newspapers are filled with interesting stories, written in a much different fashion than we usually see today. School Teacher Awarded Damages A Chester county jury on Thursday awarded Mrs. Anna B. Tucker, wife...

Humor of 1900

Parasols and fans and hankerchiefs were all used by young ladies to signal their intent to would-be suitors. An article appearing in El Paso Herald on December 6, 1900, takes flirtation devices to a...

Chester Chuckles

The original Chester Chuckles was part of my original Chester County Genealogy site back in the late 1990’s.   My favorite taglines I’m not stuck, I’m Ancestrally Challenged! Whadya mean my grandparents didn’t have...

Runaway Wives: 1730-1779

Elopements and Other Miscreant Deeds of Women as Advertised in The Pennsylvania Gazette Such was the title of the article written by Judith A. Meier for the Pennsylvania Genealogy Magazine and, as such, it...

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