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A potpourri of stories about various family members or events, written by others and edited by me.


Note that each of these writings were created by someone else (see next heading). My role was to first transcribe it, next to add links to people or places, and then to add corrections or clarifications [within brackets].

Writings by Ginny Smith

Keep in mind that mom's travel diaries were written, most likely, while someone else was driving or late at night. She was not striving for perfect grammar or spelling, but she still did well. As I edit these, I use [brackets] to clarify a spelling, add a missing detail that may be useful or add some other comment. Note that when perhaps interesting or useful, I also add web links to places or events or people.

Most recent on top; [yyyy-mm-dd] is date published.

1995 Autobiography
This was one of 12 autobiographies distributed as a booklet at the Christmas 1995 P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) [2025-08-13]
1969 Trip to Quebec, VT, MA
In Travel Diary #1, this describes the trip that 3/4 of our family took in August 1969. We started from Fargo, went to St. Cloud to drop off Bruce with Jesse and then to MI, Ottawa, Montreal, Burlington, Boston area, Gettysburg and home again. [2025-06-30]