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Trace Your Roots with DNA

Submitted by Connie Sychowski

You’re introduced to a stranger who shares your last name. Don’t you always wonder, Could we be related?

Thanks to breakthrough science in the rapidly growing world of genetics, its now possible to find out. Trace Your Roots with DNA is the first comprehensive guide to this amazing new field. With genetic testing (don’t worry no needles, medical privacy is assured, and you don’t have to dig up your dead relatives), you’ll be able to knock down genealogical brick walls. The fascinating results can tell you:

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Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

Connie Sychowski

Editor Genealogy Corner

Isn’t that what this season is all about? Yes, some would say, its all about the FOOD. I am truly sorry for anyone who feels this way as they are really missing out on the many blessings of life.

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History of Canton – The End

Continued from 11/13/22

CHAPTER VIII

Recollections

By Grace Thompson

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History of Canton – Part 4

Continued from 11/12/22

CHAPTER VII

Churches and Schools

By Grace Thompson

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History of Canton – Part 3

Continued from 11/11/22

CHAPTER V

Craftsmen of Canton

By Grace Thompson

John S. Harned Sr. was born in Virginia in 1812, and began teaching school in Washington county at the age of 17 years. He surveyed the town of Canton, using a grapevine as a rule.

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History of Canton – Part 2

Continued from 10/27/22

CHAPTER III

Later Days—Women’s Work

By FERN McCOSKEY STEWART

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History of Canton - Part 1

Early History of Canton

Prepared by Members of the Canton Home Economics Club

CHAPTER I

Settlement

By ARTIE MORRIS CAUBLE

Canton was once a prosperous business village, situated four miles northeast of Salem.

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What was brought to America in 1840?

By Connie Sychowski

Editor Genealogy Corner

Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by immigrants fleeing Ireland’s potato famine. Favorite pranks of today, egging, shaving cream or toilet papering differ from those that happened in New England which included tipping over outhouses and unhinging fence gates.

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This Old House

By Ethel Geary

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History of Lynchburg, Tennessee

By Michelle Korgis-Fitzpatrick

Lynchburg, TN has a population of 361 and was established in 1866. It is the not only the home of Jack Daniel’s Distillery, but also holds a lot of memories of past times. Lynchburg, on Hwy 55, is most known for the eye-catching greenery in Tennessee. It is also the seat of Moore County.

On the square--built in 1883 by SLP Garrett--stands a stunning Court House with walls twenty inches thick, made of brick and held together with sand and lime.

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Continued from 11/13/22

CHAPTER VIII

Recollections

Continued from 11/12/22

CHAPTER VII

Churches and Schools

CHAPTER V

Craftsmen of Canton

Continued from 10/27/22

CHAPTER III

Later Days—Women’s Work

CHAPTER I

Settlement

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