Tag: detroit
member name: Amy B.
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April 12, 2007 01:32 PM EDT --
I went and saw the special exhibit, Our Body: The Universe Within, at the Detroit Science Center last weekend. If you haven’t heard of this exhibit, or similar ones at other cities, it is an educational . . .
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June 18, 2008 08:18 PM EDT --
As a result of DDT use in pesticides, Peregrine Falcon populations were decimated during the 1950s and they ended up on the endangered species list. A survey in 1964 found no adult peregrines east of . . .
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May 28, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
My ancestors are long-time residents of the Detroit area. In fact, one of my ancestors came to Detroit with Cadillac when it was first settled in 1701. Many of the descendants of the original Detroit . . .
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July 20, 2007 05:07 PM EDT --
It's so good to finally be home! I was in Houston for business this week with three of my co-workers and we was supposed to be back home yesterday afternoon, but it ended up taking an extra 24 . . .
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August 18, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
Vernors Ginger Ale was invented in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist, and is America's oldest soft drink. In 1862, James Vernor was called off to serve in the Civil War. According to legend, . . .
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December 16, 2007 11:13 AM EST --
The complete title of the book is "Unto the Daughters: The Legacy of an Honor Killing in a Sicilian-American Family". I am not Italian, but I am from the Detroit area, . . .
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May 26, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
Detroit gets a lot of bad press, but there are a lot of things to see and do in the area. Last year I finally went on one of the tour boats and we had a great time. Seeing the sights from the river also . . .
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August 31, 2007 03:22 PM EDT --
This past week I have been attending a planning / update meeting for work that we host each year. The days are really long and draining and are spent in a room with about 40 people with too few breaks. . . .
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April 01, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
I've been working on my father's side of the family tree and until recently I was stumped by a dead end. I knew, from an aunt's research that I inherited, that my grandfather had a cousin . . .
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November 16, 2008 12:39 PM EST --
It was rather sobering this morning to find that more than half of the weight of my morning Free Press was due to the listings of homes being foreclosed in Wayne County. The listings, which are about . . .
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August 18, 2007 04:03 PM EDT --
I'm sure only those with a case of the genealogy bug can relate to my exciting find today. Genealogy is like a huge jigwaw puzzle or logic problem, in which you gather clues through various sources . . .
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January 25, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
I know a lot more about my mother's family and it's history than I do about my father's side of the family. My paternal grandparents were both gone by the time I was eight, so I don't have . . .
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August 08, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
While going through some of my mother’s papers I found some land abstracts that I at first thought were for some property in Detroit. The subdivision was named Highland Park, which is a suburb enclosed . . .
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June 23, 2007 09:06 AM EDT --
My friend Judy and I just got back from our annual road trip in which we visit nine different quilting shops over the course of two days. We enjoy getting out and seeing the sights along the way and . . .
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July 01, 2007 08:19 PM EDT --
Cranbrook was founded by Ellen and George Booth. Ellen was the eldest child of James Edmund Scripps, the founder of the Detroit News. Ground was broken for Cranbrook House in January 1907 and the Booths . . .
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November 24, 2008 10:11 AM EST --
The First United Methodist Church of Dearborn partners with Cass Community Social Services and hosts the homeless the week of Thanksgiving every year. I've been helping out over there for at least . . .
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