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I am happy to announce I was awarded the Ancestor Approval Award by   Jo of Those Who Went Before @ arnspiger.blogspot.com.  The award originated from Leslie Ann Ballou at   Ancestors Live Here @ ancestorslivehere.blogspot.com.  I am thrilled to share my blog, even happier to know that followers enjoy reading it. Recipients of this award are asked to list ten things about their ancestors that have surprised, humbled or enlightened them and also to pass the award on to ten genealogy bloggers that they feel are doing their ancestors proud. 1.     SURPRISED, HUMBLED, OR ENLIGHTENED THINGS AOUT MY ANCESTORS:         1.  I was surprised that my paternal grandfather had been married three times between 1918 and 1924 prior to his marriage to my Grandmother.  One wife died of TB, the other two perished in the flu epidemic. 3.      2 .   I was enlightened when I located both of my mother’s Grandfa...