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Newsletter · By Deborah Carl · English · Official site

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  1. Issue · Oct 1, 2026

    Vendue (opens the original)

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    Henry Lillis died, leaving his family destitute. On 11 March 1823, the Dorchester, Grafton, New Hampshire, selectmen “set up Henry Lillises wife at vendue,” his daughter Susanna Lillis, and his two boys. Then the bidding began.1And the winning bids were: Ebenezer Gragg at forty-five cents a week for the two boys, Ebenezer Eastman at half a cent per week for Susanna, and Joshua Sawyer at nineteen cents per week for Henry Lillis’ wife.2<p c

  2. Issue · Aug 27, 2026

    I Find Kin Even in Cedar City, Utah (opens the original)

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    FamilySearch thinks I’m related to pretty much everyone, so I thought I’d pick someone from the Cedar City, Utah, cemetery. Since I am not of Mormon Pioneer stock, I figured the odds were that we would not be related. Wrong.<img alt="Headshot of Elizabeth Summers Haight.

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