Lunenburg Dutch, Pennsylvania Dutch, and the Use of "Dutch" for "German"

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The Lunenburg Dutch are German settlers who arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia between 1749 and 1752. They were referred to in some records as Dutch, an archaic use of the word in which it meant German. Similarly the Germans from Pennsylvania who resettled in Ontario were of German origin.

United States, Germany, Demographic aspects, German Americans, German Canadians, Pennsylvania Dutch

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New Sources of Passenger Information, Illustrated by Three Vessels Out of Limerick in 1819: the Camperdown, Emily, and Asoph

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The author discusses emigration from Ireland to the North American colonies in the early 19th century. He describes three ships and passengers from Limerick, Ireland in 1819. He includes a lot of family information.

Ireland, International Affairs, Immigration & Emigration, Emigration and immigration, 19th century AD, Limerick, Ireland

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What to do with Those Pictures

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The author describes organizing family photographs from the period 1930 to 1960. She discusses techniques she has used: traditional albums, digital scrapbooking and hiring someone to organize and write a history.

Storage, Photographs, Images, Photographic

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