Chasing Hazel's Tales - A Family History Podcast

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SPECIAL GUEST:  Lisa Goodwin, a Nicolai family member
Welcome to Episode 12 where we follow the Nicolai children into adulthood.  What do you do when you have questions about your family history?  You go looking....

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Music by Andrew McLaughlin

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https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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We have news after visiting one of Hazel's family friend - had a great visit.  We continue with the Nicolai family story - and learn how the children "endeavor to persevere".  

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Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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We are getting to know the Nicolai family - their family has a story to tell - it's just getting started.   The complexities of immigration are on full display in this episode.  Listen in and see why Julia Roberts should listen too!!!  
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Thanks for listening - contact us at [email protected]
Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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Starting a new family history story - some themes seem to run through a lot of family history.  Picture it - Italy - 1912 - There was this boy...........    Join us for a great story with twists and turns - good and bad.  

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Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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The gift that keeps on giving - Carl's hoard of papers keeps providing glimpses into the life of our grandmother and life in the 1930s.  Just when you think you understand the sitch, you don't.
The cracker jacks box keeps doling out a prize, lol.

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Thanks for listening - contact us at [email protected]
Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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We have updates!!  

We have new connections!! 

We have stories!!  (some might be spooky to some - trigger warning)

 Black Friday is for sharing stories - even some really Maine stories.  Topics: The Haynesville Woods & a great country songs may have come up.   
Italy discoveries are coming in January - it will be worth the wait!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montefiascone
https://www.comune.montefiascone.vt.it/hh/index.php

There's still time to donate to the Maine Children's Home for Christmas.
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

Check out some great music!!
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https://spookeats.com/

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Thanks for listening - contact us at [email protected]
Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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As we now have finished Hazel's tale, we will move on to more stories that catch our eye.  This episode will take us to our next family story and introduce you to La Dolce Vita and the Dungarvin Whooper!!  How many people can say that??  

https://umaine.edu/folklife/what-we-do/programs-and-events/maine-song-and-story-sampler-map/places/dungarvon-river-the-dungarvon-whooper/

https://mynewbrunswick.ca/folklore/dungarvon-whooper/

https://www.italyheritage.com/regions/lazio/viterbo/montefiascone.htm

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Thanks for listening - contact us at [email protected]
Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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In this final episode of Hazel's Tale - we describe her life in the 1940s.  Life is hard for the Laing family in Enfield, Maine.  Georgia Laing writings bring us understanding of the grandmother we never met.  

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Thanks for listening - contact us at [email protected]
Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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We begin to know Hazel through the words of those who knew and loved her, starting with Georgia Laing, her mother.  

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Thanks for listening - contact us at [email protected]
Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/

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Episode 3 has everything - DNA surprises - New Family that feels like old family - Proof in the Letters.   Join us for some spilling of the tea!!

Support the show

Thanks for listening - contact us at [email protected]
Music by Andrew McLaughlin

https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/
https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/137/
Photo of Alford Gordon originally shared on Ancestry.com by Liz Varney in 2015
WEB BASED FAMILY TREE APPS: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.Org, FamilyTreeDNA.com, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.co.uk + many more
Family Tree Data Software: Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, WikiTree, +many more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
https://www.lifewire.com/best-free-genealogy-websites-4163831
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/events/month/
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
https://danishapiro.com/
https://www.podpage.com/chasinghazelstales/
https://www.mainechildrenshome.org/