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Grandma Mona

Rainy Mondays and Spilled Milk

July 12, 2025July 14, 2025 / brooksfamhist

“She could ride her bicycle with one hand all right and she could even carry a malted milk in the other, but when Mona Kewin, 12, of 555 Seymour Ave., attempted to do both of these in the rain Monday she came to grief, according to a police report.” So began a newspaper article describing … Continue reading Rainy Mondays and Spilled Milk

Grandma’s Tips: Citing Your Sources

April 22, 2019May 6, 2019 / brooksfamhist

Over the last month or so I have been sorting and organizing my Grandma Mona's family history research. Several times during the years before she passed away, she asked me to organize it and donate what I could to the library. Grandma did the majority of her research from about 1999-2011. During this time, records … Continue reading Grandma’s Tips: Citing Your Sources

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