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Gordon MURCHISON memoirs

Gordon Murchison Memoirs, Land Act Director, had considerable experience in land settlement in Saskatchewan and other parts of Canada. Following World War One, he joined the Soldier Settlement Board staff in Saskatchewan. Subsequently, he became the Director of that Board in Ottawa. Later, he became the the first Director of the Veterans' Land Act following WW II. Submitted by G. W. Murchison.

Grace Aguilar (1816 - 1847), Jewish Poet, Novelist and Theologian

Henry Hudson - The life and times of Henry Hudson, explorer and adventurer

Heritage Gateway - Historical Pioneer Biographies

Members of the LDS church.

Hiram C. MARTIN Biography

Hiram C. Martin (1822-1906) was born and raised in Milan, Dutchess Co., NY, and later resided in Union, Broome Co., NY. He was a Union Veteran of the Civil War.

History of the Cherokee Indians - Biographies

Families listed in alphabetical order.

How She Grew: Bertha WELLS DUGUID

Autobiography of Bertha Alice Wells Duguid. Interesting details of late Nineteenth Century rural Michigan and early Twentieth Century Detroit.

HUGHES - Lloyd "Pete" Herbert Hughes (12 Jul 1921 - 1 Aug 1943)

Recipient of the Medal of Honor, Hughes was a B-24 pilot in WWII.

Ivy Elmers story growing up in Murmungee Victoria

Ivy Elmers story about growing up in Murmungee and being a nurse for 55 years.

James Albert Bonsack, the Inventor

Inventor of the automated cigarette rolling machine in the 1880s. Includes his genealogy.

James Bowie FMC - James Bowie, free man of color

Information of James Bowie, free man of color (c.1795-1832) of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana and his descendants.

James McClelland's Australian Historical Research Books

Biography and book list for the late James McClelland, OAM, 1927 - 1994, a local historian who lived in the Silverdale district of NSW, Australia.

John Bugden Convict and Pioneer

A biographical site about John Bugden and his descendents, who was transported to Australia in 1824 from Farley in Wiltshire.

John Fredrick Hartranft by Harry Sproehnle

This is the life and times of Civil War General John Fredrick Hartranft.

John Victor Johnson — Odyssey from Finland to Florida

The voyages of Johan Viktor Johansson Bäckman May 1899 - Jan 1905, immigration to the US and life as an immigrant in Florida.

Joseph Lee Robinson 1811-1893 | Mormon Pioneer | Journal, Photos, and Other Research

Journal of Joseph Lee Robinson, 1811-1893. Describes his conversion to the Mormon church, life in Nauvoo, and Bountiful, Utah. Links to Oliver Lee Robinson and other journals.

Journals of Early Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Journals, diaries, biographies and autobiographies of some early Mormons and others who knew Joseph Smith, Jr.

La Vie De DUPLEIX

Francois Joseph Dupleix, governor of Pondicherry for Louis XV of France in India (mid 18th century).

Letters and Stories - A Pioneer's Story - By Joe PLETCHER, told August 5, 1905

[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War

Part of a collection written by Newton Robert SCOTT, Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers to Hannah CONE, his friend and later his wife.