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The Separator
14 Sep 2022

The Separator

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Grains of Truth, Tales From Dead Teds | 0

Guernsey trundled to her stall and put her face in the hay without so much as a “Thank You”.

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Milk Cow, Milk Pail, Guernsey, Separator
The Ex
28 Aug 2022

The Ex

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Science and Reason | 1

Finding the Humour in a Very Unflattering Family Photo…

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Ivy Charyna, Pas de Deux, Death
We Were There
25 Jul 2022

We Were There

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

My friends and I smuggled Norwegian gold through Nazi occupied territory during WWII.

Click on any one of us for details…

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Norway, WWII, Snow Treasure, Marie McSwigan
Let’s Go This Way
23 Jul 2022

Let’s Go This Way

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

But, it is probably that way….

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Jens Bekker, Horsens
Not His Battle To Fight
23 Jul 2022

Not His Battle To Fight

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

Had he been found out, Andreas Bekker would have been court-martialed, and likely executed.
(Andreas bottom row, far left)
Click on the German soldiers for details…

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Andreas Bekker, WW1
Weltblutpumpe
23 Jul 2022

Weltblutpumpe

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

Humanity is mad. It must be mad to do what it is doing.

Click the machine gun for details…

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Helleved, Andreas Bekker, WW1
Blood and Water
22 Jul 2022

Blood and Water

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, History, Travel | 0

You never know how these things might turn out. One of us might be a nut, or a grouch.

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Andreas Bekker, Helle, Cousins
Sjaper Hunden
22 Jul 2022

Sjaper Hunden

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

The big store in Hellevad.

Click on the department store for details….

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Denmark, Andreas Bekker, Store, Hellivad
Our Old Home
22 Jul 2022

Our Old Home

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

I felt my ancestors presence here.

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Denmark, Fole, Bekker
Born, or Hatched?
21 Jul 2022

Born, or Hatched?

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History | 0

“And I was living high until that fatal day
A lawyer proved I wasn’t born, I was only hatched”
– Hank Williams

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Born, Hatched, DNA

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