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"It started with their ancestor, Oanh, who dared to leave her marriage for true love-so a fearsome Vietnamese witch cursed Oanh and her descendants so that they would never find love or happiness, and the Duong women would give birth to daughters, never sons. Oanh's current descendant Mai Nguyen knows this curse well. She's divorced, and after an explosive disagreement a decade ago, she's estranged from her younger sisters, Minh Pham (the middle and...
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"In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. In inland Southern California, near the desert and the Mexican border, Susan Straight, a self-proclaimed book nerd, and Dwayne Sims, an African American basketball player, started dating in high school. After college, they married and drove to Amherst, Massachusetts, where Straight met her teacher and mentor,...
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[Self-published]
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2020.
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English
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Dan Burrows has compiled this extensive list of all known directories that encompass Orange County, NY. Most directories contain individuals in Orange County Townships or other geographic locations. This is a big plus in Genealogical and Historical research covering periods when other records such as Census and Vitals do not exist or have missed individuals. They also the fill the gap for the periods between Census records. Directories can be separated...
29) Road atlas of Orange County New York: Newburgh, Middletown, Port Jervis, and all other communities
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[Self-published]
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Tired of squinting at a phone screen? Need a detailed, printed map while you’re on the go? This atlas shows all of Orange County, New York in an easily readable format, including all streets, roads, rivers, streams, lakes, railways, cities, towns, and localities. Each 8- by 8-inch page represents a 3- by 3-mile square, allowing for a great level of detail. The grid reference map at the beginning makes it easy to find your page quickly. Landmarks...