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• The dying art of making ash wood baskets — Maine Living — Bangor Daily News
  Tags: history, culture, Wabanaki, basket, native, nature
• Is it Ever as Simple as it Looks? | Personal Past Meditations- a Genealogical Blog
  Tags: genealogy, research, opinion, quote
  • - By Nancy Lecompte
  • Perhaps one can tell that one doesn’t have enough evidence when one doesn’t yet know enough to be a bit perplexed.
• Genealogy Timelines - Gigi's Geneablog
  "When you lay these events into a timeline, make sure you view the age of your ancestor as the events occurred."
  Tags: genealogy, research, tips
  • - By Nancy Lecompte
  • One of the most useful things I do is to create a timeline for each ancestor. I place every event I can document on that timeline, along with the documentation notes.
  • When you lay these events into a timeline, make sure you view the age of your ancestor as the events occurred.
  • It moves you away from records focus so that you can see the big picture of his or her life.
  • It may provide time-holes where you could afford to fill a gap of information.
  • The timeline should provide you more insight and some ideas regarding where to look next for information.
• Search Strategies for Google #1 - Gigi's Geneablog
  Tags: research, tips, search engine
  • - By Nancy Lecompte
• Search Strategies for Google #2 - Gigi's Geneablog
  Tags: research, tips, search engine

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The Kindness Connection - part 2

In 1898, a number of Indian tribes from New York joined together for the purpose of suing the U.S. Government. The suit involved a broken treaty (imagine that ;) ). Not only did they win the right to sue, they actually won the case and where awarded a sum of money as compensation. The money was to be distributed amongst the members of the tribes (including the Brothertown Tribe).

In order to properly distribute the money, the government requested individuals fill out applications to prove they had a right to settlement distributions. These applications are an incredible source of genealogical information. Thanks to the kind generosity of Caroline Andler of the Brothertown Indian Nation, I have a copy of the Application filed by Thomas Laton Kindness as well as one for his son, Purcell.