Dear Genie Editor's Note seeks Linn County ancestry clues
Questions with Iowa connections and 50 words max are published space available. Readers asked about Linn County settlers Sylvester Bort and Lorana Burdick Bort, Aurilla T. Hill and siblings, William H Halley lineage, Jane Oxley relation, Verlee Hale marriage, and other local genealogy notes from Iowa and nearby states.
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Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
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P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Sylvester B
Lorana Burdick Bort
Linn County
Erie County
Chicago
Clinton
Wis
Aurilla T
James Hill
Aurilla
John W. Graham
Hawkeye
William Henry Halley
Montgomery County
Ind
Lavonia Camblin
Marion Township
Jane Halley
John Scott Oxley
Halley
Bette Oxley Atkinson
J Avenue
Coronado
Calif
Quill Pens Hurt Autographs in Old Collecting
New York AP reports autograph expert Charles Hamilton notes plastic tipped pens improve ink flow, making signatures bolder and neater. He says quills required sharpening, squeaked and could spoil secret writings, suggesting early pens diminished autograph value.
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