By Les Proctor on September 17, 2009
One of my ancestors, Geoffery Proctor of Nether Bordley, was the Treasurer for Henry Algernon Percy, the 6th Earl of Northumberland. Geneologically speaking, before that the trail went cold. [...] Until recently [...]
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By Les Proctor on September 17, 2009
John Graye Proctor was the first Proctor in the New World [...] and arrived [...] in Jamestown in 1610. Tracing John Graye’s line back a few generations, his great-grandfather was Geoffery Proctor, of Nether Bordley, North Yorkshire.
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By Les Proctor on September 16, 2009
Are we every going to move beyond demogoguery and ideological stalemate? Are our elected representatives ever going to be able to work together constructively to do the will of the American people? Is the United States a democracy “of the people [...]
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By Les Proctor on September 11, 2009
On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called The Gettysburg Address a “monumental act.”
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By Les Proctor on August 4, 2009
The American Goldfinch is one of the most beautiful birds I’ve ever seen. You can recognize it by its bright yellow body, black wings with white stripes, and black cap and forehead.
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By Les Proctor on July 14, 2009
My first ancestor in North America (’John The Immigrant’) voyaged to these shores in 1609 aboard “The Sea Venture”, which was a part of The Virginia Company [...]
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