Christmas Changes With the Years (by Charles Conway Crenshaw):
“We are approaching Christmas 2017. The Christmas season changes as our age changes. Remember back in your early childhood? My earlier years during World War II were spent on my grandparent’s farm in Earlysville, Virginia. With no television and no radio for recreational use, Christmas was not commercialized. I was thankful for anything I received. Since there was no electricity, there were no pretty lights on the Christmas tree, but there were pretty glass bulbs and tinsel on the tree. …”
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Contents of the Winter 2017 issue:
- Searching for Mother Madison…page 1
- Christmas Changes With the Years…page 3
- Why Obituaries Contain Hidden Family Trees…page 5
- “Buddy and the Chickens” Wins National DAR Literary Award!…page 7
- Bill of Complaint of Robert M. Omohundro & Wife vs. James Jones…page 7
- Bill of Complaint of Isabella Brown vs. William Brown…page 13
- George Whitlocke & Wife vs. Margaret Higginbotham…page 15
- Manumission of Judith, Pegg, and Ambrose…page 17
- Will of John Douglass of Orange County, Virginia…page 17
- John Murrey & Wife vs. Martha Matthews by &c….page 19
- Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania Has Shut Down…page 22
- Aylett Family, King William County (Va.)…page 23
- Registration Opens for the NGS 2018 Family History Conference…page 25
- A Note From The Editor…page 25
- President’s Column…page 26
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