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		<title>Looking for Missing Letters Also</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to missing photos, I am also looking for missing letters. I photocopied letters that had been in my Grandmother&#8217;s possession. Here is a copy of one of the letters and a translation. 19 October 1888 (Ottawa) Note: Odilon &#8230; <a href="http://randolphobserver.com/2012/02/16/looking-for-missing-letters-also/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=449&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>150-Year-Old-Law Helped Family Weather Change</title>
		<link>http://randolphobserver.com/2012/01/21/150-year-old-law-helped-family-weather-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[21 January 2012 The world was just as chaotic for the fur trader and buffalo hunter in Montana in the late 1870s as it has been for workers seeking employment during the last few years. Like the workers who suddenly &#8230; <a href="http://randolphobserver.com/2012/01/21/150-year-old-law-helped-family-weather-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=431&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Money Tree</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be difficult for the mind of this century to understand the relationship between our parents who were married in the early years of the 1950s. They met on the Air Force base where my father was a staff &#8230; <a href="http://randolphobserver.com/2011/12/20/the-little-money-tree/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=426&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Missing Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 December 2011 We were seated on bar stools waiting to meet my uncle. He arrived with a yellow mailer, the kind that is used when the contents are too thick to send in a standard business envelope or when &#8230; <a href="http://randolphobserver.com/2011/12/01/the-missing-photos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=379&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Funny How Names Change</title>
		<link>http://randolphobserver.com/2011/11/13/funny-how-names-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[13 November 2011 My grandmother told me that Janeaux had changed his name from Archambault, but she did not know why or when. It had always been a great family mystery, one that had led to all types of speculation &#8230; <a href="http://randolphobserver.com/2011/11/13/funny-how-names-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=362&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Fur Trading</title>
		<link>http://randolphobserver.com/2011/11/04/the-art-of-fur-trading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fort Union was an early fur trading post along the Missouri River.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=358&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Red River Cart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red River cart is an important part of Metis history. Video courtesy of APTN DigitalNations<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=350&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Francis Archambault (Janeaux)</title>
		<link>http://randolphobserver.com/2011/10/22/francis-archambault-janeaux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October, 2011 Dear Children, I think of you often and wish the distance between us was not so great. Your grandmother shares news of you and how quickly you are growing up. She tells me that you are taking an &#8230; <a href="http://randolphobserver.com/2011/10/22/francis-archambault-janeaux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=337&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What have I learned?</title>
		<link>http://randolphobserver.com/2011/09/18/what-have-i-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My interest in family history is well into its second year with some progress, but so much more is waiting to be discovered. Sometimes it seems that the search will never end; and I wonder what, if anything, I know &#8230; <a href="http://randolphobserver.com/2011/09/18/what-have-i-learned/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=334&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoying the moment and stumbling through history</title>
		<link>http://randolphobserver.com/2011/07/21/enjoying-the-moment-and-stumbling-through-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[21 July 2011 Thirty-four years ago, while sitting in a classroom at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, I did not understand why I needed an extra science class. It was customary for the Registrar’s Office to conduct a &#8230; <a href="http://randolphobserver.com/2011/07/21/enjoying-the-moment-and-stumbling-through-history/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randolphobserver.com&amp;blog=14781037&amp;post=321&amp;subd=bridgingcenturies&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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