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Ancestry/Genealogy

GeoWilliam750

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2. Agreed

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 3, 2017, 07:38 AM

Aug 2017

Anyone who wants to go back to the "good old days" should do some research on the poor farms, aka the county farms.

Mind you, some of the nursing homes today have probably moved in the same direction....

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Genealogy and ACA [View all] no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 OP

Heart disease was not treatable in the early 1900's. The growth of useful drugs began mainly No Vested Interest Jul 2017 #1

Agreed GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #2

I run a genealogy website for the county I live in, in Wisconsin. I was fortunate enough to shraby Sep 2017 #3

Impressive no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #4

I have some good help..all volunteer. 3 ladies who type up obits for me and comb shraby Sep 2017 #5

Which county? My husband had ancestors in Wisconsin csziggy Sep 2017 #6

Manitowoc county. shraby Sep 2017 #7

That's not one of the counties my husband's family was in csziggy Sep 2017 #8

Here's a place she can send them. shraby Sep 2017 #9

She passed away in January - I have all her files csziggy Sep 2017 #10

I used to be with usgenweb, but it got top heavy and the top forgot who does the shraby Sep 2017 #11

Yes, I need to get onto to figuring out what to do with the files csziggy Sep 2017 #12

Have you tried making a site at rootsweb.com shraby Sep 2017 #13

No, I haven't used rootsweb.com csziggy Sep 2017 #14