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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10:59 AM Mar 8, 2013
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1904: Perished in the lake before aid reached him

This week in the Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay blog, an 1868 city directory, a graveyard poem from 1900, and death by Lake Erie at the end of winter in 1904.

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10:57 AM Mar 6, 2013
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Ground Ivy: 'Weed' relieves inflammation in sinuses

This week on the Herbal Collections blog, Mary Colvin writes of the blessing and the nuisance called ground ivy.

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10:58 AM Mar 1, 2013
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Who was left out of the family will?

This week on the Genealogy of Northwest Ohio blog, Derek Davey writes about the importance of using probate court documents to find information about family money in genealogy research.

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11:01 AM Feb 15, 2013
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Happy Festival of Lupercalia: A history on Valentine's Day

This week the Historical Research Partners blog touches on the origins of Valentine's Day, which gets its romantic connotations from the Roman Festival of Lupercalia traditionally celebrated on Feb. 15.

 

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11:09 AM Feb 13, 2013
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Think Daniel Day-Lewis was a good Lincoln? Check out George J. Lehrer

This week on the Sandusky History blog we learn about George J. Lehrer, an Abraham Lincoln impersonator who also produced a Sandusky High School play "Every Man."

 

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