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Debbie Youd

A Heritage of Honesty, Work, Faith and Love - The History of Mary Loretta Evans Youd

(Written by her granddaughter, Deon Youd) How does a red-head fit into a family with two brunettes, a reddish-brown, and a blonde? I have often wondered where my red hair comes from. The answer I seem to get from this question is Grandma. My grandmother, Mary Loretta Evans Youd, gave me...
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Debbie Youd

History of John Pickles Youd and Sorene Jensene Sorensen Youd

History of John Pickles Youd and Sorene Jensene Sorensen Youd
(Written by Nellie Haskell and Stella Dunn in 1976) John Pickles Youd, son of Thomas Youd and Elizabeth Pickles, was born January 18, 1860. His parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and emigrated to America. They were eight weeks on the water. They sailed March...
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Elaine Clark

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Martin Richard World Flag Campaign

Martin Richard World Flag Campaign
Could This Poster Become a World Flag? In the aftermath of the Boston Bombings let's start a campaign to create a world flag to honor the legacy of Martin Richard. The flag should be designed exactly like the poster in the image below. As with the social media which resulted in...
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Bill Corey

Sports and My 50 Year Love of Sailing

Sports and My 50 Year Love of Sailing
This week's topic was Sports and Hobbies and Bill shared his remembrances about sport in his life - football, swimming and, above all, sailing. This was the start of a 50 years sailing. Adelaide is a great place for sailing and Bill belonged to the South Australian Yacht Squadron.
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Denise Quinlan

Birth and Early Childhood (0 - 12 years)

I was born on March 28, 1950 at 9:30 A.M.. at the City Hospital in Manhattan, New York. Better known as "Welfare Island". My mother, Alta Virginia, aka Bunny, lived at 311 West 94th Street in New York City. Her maiden name was Beach. Mom was 24 years old at the...
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Rhiannon Gallagher

Sons

Created for the Center for Digital Storytelling in August of 2012.  
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Helen Walker

My Love of Horses

Helen talks about her life long love of horses as her story of the topic of Sport and Hobbies.  
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Annette Lorenz

Sports and Hobbies

Annette says she was never a great sports person but she did excel at swimming. As a hobby she enjoyed sewing and square dancing but writing has been with her all her life.  
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Alice Domagalski

Stan's Journey - Working in Germany during the War

Alice continues her story from last week about her husband Stan and his experiences in Germany during WWII.
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Margaret Crowe

Getting Rescued on Our Golden Wedding Anniversary

Margaret recall her Golden Wedding anniverary weekend in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. During the walk Margaret fell faint and Ted went for help ...... they were finally reunited in hospital early the next morning after a major search by Police and SES. A unique anniversary.  
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Joyce Pounsett

My Special Hobby

Like many Joyce was not a sporty person so here she talks about her special hobby - embroidery which helps her unwind and relax to this day.
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Graham Maskell

Tennis - My Favourite Sport

Graham talks about his love of tennis, a sport he played for most of his life.  
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Lisa Calabria

My Family (continued)

My Family (continued)
Lisa continues the inspiring story of her family .....
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Ruth Henderson

Childhood hobbies and sports

Childhood hobbies and sports
Ruth enjoyed collecting stamps and seashells as a child and also pressed flowers.  She shares her experiences of playing basketball (netball) and ballet lessons.    
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Jill Sayner

Sporting interests through my life

Sporting interests through my life
Jills talks about participating in Sports Days at Cabra College and how she developed into a good tennis player.  She also outlines her sporting interests over her life.  
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Rachel Johnson

Think of a Few People Who Made You Feel Special

At the top of the list of a rew people who made me feel special are my new cousins.  I have met them here and there through my Genealogy work.  I have known three of my new cousins now for about 2-3 years.  But they all make me feel special.  They...
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Hermannus Thiessens Family Association (HTFA)

2013 Heritage Matters-1: Let's Go Fly a Kite!

By Arlene Thiessens Terry, President What was more fun than a wide open field, a warm breeze, and a dancing kite? For our young fliers, it was an educational adventure. They learned about science, physics, history, culture, weather and ecology without even thinking hard. And for us Adults, it was a...
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Aletha Turley

Life Sketch of Joseph Spencer Burk

Life Sketch of Joseph Spencer Burk
Written by Joseph Spencer Burk (Picture of Clara & Joseph Burk 1958) To all who may care to read this little sketch, I wish to say that my desire in writing this is that I might mention some faith-promoting incidents in my life which strengthened my faith and which I hope...
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Alice Domagalski

My Marriage

My Marriage
Alice talks about her marriage to Stan, a Polish migrant, and the story he told her when he saw a Deutz 1938 tractor in the Edililie Museum. He remembers how a tractor like this saved his life during the final years of World War Two.
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