11:12 AM Apr 17, 2013
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Graveyard Rabbit does it again

This week, the Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay blogger delves into the life of a 30-year-old woman who died of consumption in 1893.

The blog features the grave of Martha Weideman Vair, a daughter of German immigrants.

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11:05 AM Apr 12, 2013
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Jail, hospital records can piece together past

This week on the Genealogy Northwest Ohio blog, a look at the usefulness of jail and hospital records in tracking down family history:

"Criminals have very good paper trails even though they are not the best of trails."

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10:57 AM Apr 10, 2013
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Sandusky's first poet was minister, too

This week on the Sandusky History blog, in honor of National Poetry Month, the blogger writes of Sandusky's pioneer poet, Leonard Beatty Gurley:

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11:00 AM Apr 5, 2013
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Tracking birth, death and between

This week on the Genealogy Northwest Ohio blog, a perspective on the reliability of birth, death and U.S. Census records.

The most accurate — birth. The least — death. Why?

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11:00 AM Apr 3, 2013
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Chickweed: An herb with many hats

This week on the Herbal Collections blog, a weed appropriate for the season, used to soothe inflammation and expel mucus from the lungs — chickweed.

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11:00 AM Mar 29, 2013
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Graveyard Rabbit: Hornig, farmer, marblecutter

This week on the Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay blog, a look at the life of Jacob Hornig, a German immigrant who worked as a marblecutter in Sandusky in the 1870s — his work including the cutting of tombstones.

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11:40 AM Mar 27, 2013
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A life on the islands

This week on the Ohio's Yesterdays blog, a look at the life of a South Bass Island resident, John "Jack" Day Jr., who moved to the island in 1887 when he was 20.

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11:00 AM Mar 22, 2013
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Sandusky History: Frederick Douglass, and old business

This week the Sandusky History blog includes a look back to the March 19, 1985, edition of the Sandusky Register, and an article featuring a new business that opened:

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10:57 AM Mar 20, 2013
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Fremont WWII pilot died 70 years ago

This week on the Ohio's Yesterdays blog, Parks Canda remembers the 70th anniversary of the loss of a Word War II pilot from Fremont who died when his plane crashed on a route from Ontario to Maine.

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11:07 AM Mar 13, 2013
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40-year teacher also served on electric board in 1920s

This week on the Sandusky History Blog, the life of teacher Jessie Hornig, celebrations of the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, and a look at merchant Moses Lebensburger.

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