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My
Ancestors |
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Ann
Buckingham with a '24 Chevy, and her dad's creased forehead |
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Armand
Hammer: will he mention my father? |
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Babies
delivered via parcel post |
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Bluegrass
pioneer Bill Monroe and my father grew up near each other |
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Brenda
Lee, who once entertained my parents, gets a #1 record |
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British
home areas of my names Buckingham and Thomas |
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Cemetery
where my parents are buried |
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Dairy
with the Buckinghams and artificially colored margarine |
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Explorers
killed: recently going to Titanic, earlier near my father |
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Family
dinners at Cambridge |
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Ferries
across rivers |
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Gearshift
knob, possibly on an Army jeep, with my mother's photo |
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Generation-dividing
years, Lost/Greatest/Silent/Boomers/X/Millennials/Z |
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German
ancestor has his Bible confiscated |
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"Grandma
Mary" advises "let it be" |
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Grandparents
must be present to win on Drawing Day |
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Great-grandparents'
samarium wedding anniversary |
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H.F.
Thomas and his 10-year-old grandson, me |
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House
calls by doctors? I remember one |
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Identification
card for my father |
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In
India, my father observes Holi and lives near a future celebrity |
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Mowing
patterns in our front lawn |
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Ohio
sesquicentennials |
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Parents'
1930 homes are revealed in census records |
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Portraits
of Mary and "Tommy" Buckingham |
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Prince
Harry Buckingham |
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"Princess
Phone" in my parents' bedroom and Mannix's roadster |
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Shale
gas now being produced on Curtis Ridge |
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Soup?
Why would you order that now? |
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Strawberry
lady |
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Uncle
Phil Thomas passes away |
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Uncle
Ralph's accident |
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When
the roll is called up yonder, I'll be where? |