Tuesday was another pretty full genealogy day, filled with some different tasks and challenges.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tuesday's Tip - Check Out the Guild of One-Name Studies Site and worked on Geni.com Says Actress Sally Field is My 9th Cousin. Should I Believe it? for the rest of the morning.
* Had some WikiTree folsk to merge, and found the George Allen profile really messed up. Wrote some public notes, and had some responses. looks like some of us will work on it together to get it straightened out. Cool.
* Found the Rhode Island church records in Arnold's RI VR book - downloaded several volumes from Diane's website, added content and sources from Volume 7 to my database, and then wrote FREE Rhode Island Resources at Diane Boumenot's Website. Lots more to do here! This solves most of my R.I. source problems!
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, read the paper, ate dinner, and did the dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and worked in the database adding contents and sources. Got through the D surnames, then did 31 MyHeritage record matches in Find A Grave, adding content and sources. Sources up to 46446.
* Checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
My Genealogy Sunday and Monday - 10-11 November 2013
Sunday was pretty much a genealogy wipeout, but Monday was all-genealogy, almost all day!
1) Sunday, 10 November:
* Read email and blogs and got Best of the Genea-Blogs - 3 to 9 November 2013 ready to post after noon.
* Off to church at 9:30 a.m., talked to John a bit, and home by 11:30 to watch football. spent an hour online reading and worked a bit on John's tree in FTM 2014.
* Went in at 1:15 p.m. to watch the Chargers/Broncos game, and disappointed by the poor first half, and the loss 28-20. We had a chance... Then dinner, and water the front plants.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, then worked on John's tree some more, and wrote two blog posts for Monday. Didn't do a thing in my tree at all... Genealogy this day was 5.0 hours.
2) Monday, 11 November (Veterans Day):
* Read email and blogs, then joined the Mondays with Myrt early, and stayed here until almost 11 a.m., with a time out to get dressed before 9 and to help Linda with the groceries after 10:15. Had two long segments for the OASIS class and the Crowdsourcing fun.
* Noted that Veterans Day 2013 - My Heroes and Amanuensis Monday - Post 194: Will of Philip Jacob King (1764-1829) of York, Pennsylvania posted.
* Researched and then wrote Creating an Honor Wall Page on Fold3.com.
* Worked on John's tree for several hours, adding Fact Notes for census and Find A Grave items. also added more family members of folks, all using WebSearch in FTM 2014.
* Went in for dinner at 5:15 p.m., read the paper, and did the dishes.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, then did more in John's tree before I worked on my tree, adding content and sources from almost every website with data! Got through the DU names, only the DW names to go to finish the Ds. Up to 46256 sources.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post and wrote this post. Genealogy this day was 12.5 hours.
1) Sunday, 10 November:
* Read email and blogs and got Best of the Genea-Blogs - 3 to 9 November 2013 ready to post after noon.
* Off to church at 9:30 a.m., talked to John a bit, and home by 11:30 to watch football. spent an hour online reading and worked a bit on John's tree in FTM 2014.
* Went in at 1:15 p.m. to watch the Chargers/Broncos game, and disappointed by the poor first half, and the loss 28-20. We had a chance... Then dinner, and water the front plants.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, then worked on John's tree some more, and wrote two blog posts for Monday. Didn't do a thing in my tree at all... Genealogy this day was 5.0 hours.
2) Monday, 11 November (Veterans Day):
* Read email and blogs, then joined the Mondays with Myrt early, and stayed here until almost 11 a.m., with a time out to get dressed before 9 and to help Linda with the groceries after 10:15. Had two long segments for the OASIS class and the Crowdsourcing fun.
* Noted that Veterans Day 2013 - My Heroes and Amanuensis Monday - Post 194: Will of Philip Jacob King (1764-1829) of York, Pennsylvania posted.
* Researched and then wrote Creating an Honor Wall Page on Fold3.com.
* Worked on John's tree for several hours, adding Fact Notes for census and Find A Grave items. also added more family members of folks, all using WebSearch in FTM 2014.
* Went in for dinner at 5:15 p.m., read the paper, and did the dishes.
* Online at 6 p.m. to read, then did more in John's tree before I worked on my tree, adding content and sources from almost every website with data! Got through the DU names, only the DW names to go to finish the Ds. Up to 46256 sources.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post and wrote this post. Genealogy this day was 12.5 hours.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
My Genealogy Saturday - 9 November 2013
Saturday night. I'm watching the Aztecs game, currently 30-27 San Jose over SDSU. We'll see if we can pull this out. Tomorrow is the Chargers game against Denver. Not much hope for the blue and gold there!
* Read email and blogs, and noted that Surname Saturday - BROWN (England > colonial Rhode Island) posted. Did a little work in John's tree.
* Left at 9 a.m. for the SDGS meeting at 10 with Jean Hibben speaking. Home by 1 p.m..
* Read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - This Week's Genealogy Highlight posted, and went to work on John's tree again. Added more family and sources and events using FTM 2014. Talked to John on the phone and he'll try to call his cousin to see what his grandmother's name was.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch football, read the paper, and eat dinner. Online at 6:15 p.m. to work on John's tree some more.
* Went in at 7:45 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game. Read email and blogs at halftime. Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Aztecs just won 34-30 at 11:18 p.m. Great!
Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.
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* Read email and blogs, and noted that Surname Saturday - BROWN (England > colonial Rhode Island) posted. Did a little work in John's tree.
* Left at 9 a.m. for the SDGS meeting at 10 with Jean Hibben speaking. Home by 1 p.m..
* Read, noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - This Week's Genealogy Highlight posted, and went to work on John's tree again. Added more family and sources and events using FTM 2014. Talked to John on the phone and he'll try to call his cousin to see what his grandmother's name was.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch football, read the paper, and eat dinner. Online at 6:15 p.m. to work on John's tree some more.
* Went in at 7:45 p.m. to watch the Aztecs game. Read email and blogs at halftime. Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Aztecs just won 34-30 at 11:18 p.m. Great!
Genealogy today was 8.5 hours.
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Friday, November 8, 2013
My Genealogy Friday - 8 November 2013
Less than four weeks until my wife's birthday - now what should I get her? I guess I'll have to ponder that, because I don't think she wants another family tree chart or to learn that her second great-grandmother was a slut. I'm planning on a DNA test for Christmas!
* Read email and blogs, wrote Follow-Up Friday - Helpful and Interesting Reader Comments From the Past Week.
* Edited the CVGS newsletter one more time, made a black/white copy, printed it off, printed off the mailing labels, and all set to publish.
* Wrote National Genealogy Society Hall of Fame Call for Nominations and set it for early afternoon.
* Worked at finding John's paternal ancestor line, and Ethel's line too in records on Ancestry, Find A Grave and FamilySearch. Saved a bunch of them in John's client file.
* Went to the UPS Store to publish the CVGS newsletter, and home by 2:30 p.m.
* Researched more and wrote Finding Ethel - Post 2: Ethel Found. Who Were Her Parents? and then went in at 5:15 p.m. to fill the bird feeder, water the front plants, read the paper, watch TV news, and eat dinner.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to get the handout and presentation ready for next Saturday, and then started adding data to John's family tree file in FTM 2014. That was fun adding content and sources, I still need to do more and add media, but it's getting there! I have 10 of his 16 second-great-grandparents now, and several with another generation or two.
* Wrote the Surname Saturday and SNGF posts for tomorrow because i'll be away most of the morning.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. genealogy today was 12.0 hours.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Follow-Up Friday - Helpful and Interesting Reader Comments From the Past Week.
* Edited the CVGS newsletter one more time, made a black/white copy, printed it off, printed off the mailing labels, and all set to publish.
* Wrote National Genealogy Society Hall of Fame Call for Nominations and set it for early afternoon.
* Worked at finding John's paternal ancestor line, and Ethel's line too in records on Ancestry, Find A Grave and FamilySearch. Saved a bunch of them in John's client file.
* Went to the UPS Store to publish the CVGS newsletter, and home by 2:30 p.m.
* Researched more and wrote Finding Ethel - Post 2: Ethel Found. Who Were Her Parents? and then went in at 5:15 p.m. to fill the bird feeder, water the front plants, read the paper, watch TV news, and eat dinner.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to get the handout and presentation ready for next Saturday, and then started adding data to John's family tree file in FTM 2014. That was fun adding content and sources, I still need to do more and add media, but it's getting there! I have 10 of his 16 second-great-grandparents now, and several with another generation or two.
* Wrote the Surname Saturday and SNGF posts for tomorrow because i'll be away most of the morning.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. genealogy today was 12.0 hours.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
My Genealogy Thursday - 7 November 2013
I'm having all sorts of fun experiences this week - today I used FTM 2014 to create a tree using WebSearch. First time to do that for any length of time.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 188: Alma Bessie Richmond 1882 Birth Registration and then researched and wrote Over 5,000 Databases Added to Mocavo in Past 5 Days, and Dataset Title Search Tool and set it for noontime.
* Decided to make friend John's tree using FTM 2014. Started with Russ's creation and edited data, added persons, searched Ancestry using WebSearch and managed to add quite a few persons and families for the Powell line. Sources and media attached too. Several good AMTs led the way, and then I added records by searching and merging into the FTM tree.
* Decided to stop at 4 p.m. and researched and wrote Finding Ethel - Post 1: Candidate Search, but had to eat dinner and came back and finished it after 6 p.m.
* Worked on the CVGS newsletter and got it done - needs an edit on Friday, printing and publishing at the UPS Store.
* Started working in the database, found some Lincoln data, and added it, and then had to fix the end generation and add several more, then added the line down to President Abraham. The grandgirls are 8th cousins 6 times removed.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 1.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, wrote Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 188: Alma Bessie Richmond 1882 Birth Registration and then researched and wrote Over 5,000 Databases Added to Mocavo in Past 5 Days, and Dataset Title Search Tool and set it for noontime.
* Decided to make friend John's tree using FTM 2014. Started with Russ's creation and edited data, added persons, searched Ancestry using WebSearch and managed to add quite a few persons and families for the Powell line. Sources and media attached too. Several good AMTs led the way, and then I added records by searching and merging into the FTM tree.
* Decided to stop at 4 p.m. and researched and wrote Finding Ethel - Post 1: Candidate Search, but had to eat dinner and came back and finished it after 6 p.m.
* Worked on the CVGS newsletter and got it done - needs an edit on Friday, printing and publishing at the UPS Store.
* Started working in the database, found some Lincoln data, and added it, and then had to fix the end generation and add several more, then added the line down to President Abraham. The grandgirls are 8th cousins 6 times removed.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 1.5 hours.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
My Genealogy Wednesday - 6 November 2013
It started out a really bad day with the Ancestry.com problem, but got a whole lot better after 10:30 a.m.
* Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 281: Poodle Skirts, Leather Jacket, Coonskin Cap, Hair and then SDGS Meeting on Saturday, 9 November Features Jean Wilcox Hibben and set it for later in the morning.
* Still had the Ancestry problem, and tried the laptop, and it did too! Checked again at 10:30 a.m. and there was no problem and a new looking Ancestry home page...were they updating the home page and had a problem? Did nobody else see it, or was I the beta tester? I dunno!
* Left at 11 a.m. for lunch at McDonalds, then to the library to sit in with John for awhile, got a new book, and went to the CVGS Board meeting.
* Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, write Janet Hovorka Announces New Activity Book Series for Youth and then wrote Whew - Ancestry.com is Working Well For Me Again!
* Worked a bit on John's online tree, but decided to grow my own in FTM 2014.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, watched TV news, put out the trash and washed the dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked on the CVGS newsletter for an hour. got it 65% done.
* Worked in the database adding content and sources, almost done with the Ds - down to Dudley now. Sources count is 46116.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, wrote (Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 281: Poodle Skirts, Leather Jacket, Coonskin Cap, Hair and then SDGS Meeting on Saturday, 9 November Features Jean Wilcox Hibben and set it for later in the morning.
* Still had the Ancestry problem, and tried the laptop, and it did too! Checked again at 10:30 a.m. and there was no problem and a new looking Ancestry home page...were they updating the home page and had a problem? Did nobody else see it, or was I the beta tester? I dunno!
* Left at 11 a.m. for lunch at McDonalds, then to the library to sit in with John for awhile, got a new book, and went to the CVGS Board meeting.
* Home by 2:30 p.m. to read, write Janet Hovorka Announces New Activity Book Series for Youth and then wrote Whew - Ancestry.com is Working Well For Me Again!
* Worked a bit on John's online tree, but decided to grow my own in FTM 2014.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, watched TV news, put out the trash and washed the dishes.
* Online at 7 p.m. to read, then worked on the CVGS newsletter for an hour. got it 65% done.
* Worked in the database adding content and sources, almost done with the Ds - down to Dudley now. Sources count is 46116.
* Checked Facebook, added to the Best Of post, and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 10.5 hours.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
My Genealogy Tuesday - 5 November 2013
I had pretty much an all genealogy day today, including adding content and sources to the database.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tombstone Tuesday - Philip Jacob King (1764-1829) in Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania and then transcribed and wrote Crowdsourcing Results: Louis B. Powell Death Notice and Obituary and set it for late morning.
* Did more research on the Louis Powell family. Transcribed the six page probate record for Philip Jacob king of York, Pennsylvania. Looked on FamilySearch for other King and Spangler probates, and found some in the index, but couldn't find one that should be there - it's in the index but not in the volume where it should be.
* Frustrated by the Ancestry image problem so I wrote Who Messed Up my Original Image "Interactive View" on Ancestry.com??? Found I could see them easily using WebSearch.
* Talked to John on the phone about his grandfather and promised to send him the three newspaper articles.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, read the paper, eat dinner and wash the dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, answer some email, write John an email, and do some image searching on the Mass Town and VR records collection. Found some, but not as many as I need.
* Used MyHeritage Record Matches in Find A Grave to add sources and content to the database. Down to 980 matches pending. Now have 46,117 sources.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post. genealogy today was 11.5 hours.
* Read email and blogs, then wrote Tombstone Tuesday - Philip Jacob King (1764-1829) in Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania and then transcribed and wrote Crowdsourcing Results: Louis B. Powell Death Notice and Obituary and set it for late morning.
* Did more research on the Louis Powell family. Transcribed the six page probate record for Philip Jacob king of York, Pennsylvania. Looked on FamilySearch for other King and Spangler probates, and found some in the index, but couldn't find one that should be there - it's in the index but not in the volume where it should be.
* Frustrated by the Ancestry image problem so I wrote Who Messed Up my Original Image "Interactive View" on Ancestry.com??? Found I could see them easily using WebSearch.
* Talked to John on the phone about his grandfather and promised to send him the three newspaper articles.
* Went in at 5 p.m. to watch TV news, read the paper, eat dinner and wash the dishes.
* Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, answer some email, write John an email, and do some image searching on the Mass Town and VR records collection. Found some, but not as many as I need.
* Used MyHeritage Record Matches in Find A Grave to add sources and content to the database. Down to 980 matches pending. Now have 46,117 sources.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook and wrote this post. genealogy today was 11.5 hours.
Monday, November 4, 2013
My Genealogy Sunday and Monday - 3-4 November 2013
You know, Thanksgiving is 3 weeks away and Christmas is 7 weeks away? Yikes!
1) Sunday, 3 November:
* Read email and blogs and finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 27 October to 2 November 2013 post.
* got the girls bathed and dressed and fed and off to church with Linda at 9:30 a.m.
* Watched the Chargers-Redskins game and almost died at the end - we lost 30-24 in overtime as the defense didn't, after we came back from 24-14.
* Got the girls entertained on the computer, took a short nap, got the girls packed up and we left at 3:40 p.m. for Carlsbad to meet their mom at the Miguels there. We ate dinner, and were on the road by 5:45 and home by 6:30 p.m.
* Spent some time writing an email to John, wrote two posts for Monday, and doing some limited online searching. Checked Facebook and started the next Best Of post.
Genealogy this day was 4.5 hours.
2) Monday, 4 November:
* Read email and blogs, noted that the Amanuensis Monday - Post 193: John Phillips to Peter Brewer Deed in 1754 in Southborough, Mass.post posted, and packed up and left at 9 a.m. for Mission Valley.
* Got to Macy's by 9:30 a.m., was set up for my OASIS class by 9:40 a.m., and the class started at 10:15 a.m. Home by 12:45 p.m. to have lunch.
* Online at 1:15 p.m. to read blogs, noted that Louis B. Powell Attacked in Drumright, Oklahoma posted. Answered some email, and did more online research for Louis Powell line.
* Researched and wrote Attaching Documents to Persons in the FamilySearch Family Tree. Did more email.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper and eat dinner. Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and then watched/listened to the Mondays With Myrt HOA while finding some of James ancestors in Ancestry records and adding them to the database. Then did 20 MyHeritage record match confirmations adding Find A Grave content and sources to the database.
* Checked Facebook and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
1) Sunday, 3 November:
* Read email and blogs and finished up the Best of the Genea-Blogs - 27 October to 2 November 2013 post.
* got the girls bathed and dressed and fed and off to church with Linda at 9:30 a.m.
* Watched the Chargers-Redskins game and almost died at the end - we lost 30-24 in overtime as the defense didn't, after we came back from 24-14.
* Got the girls entertained on the computer, took a short nap, got the girls packed up and we left at 3:40 p.m. for Carlsbad to meet their mom at the Miguels there. We ate dinner, and were on the road by 5:45 and home by 6:30 p.m.
* Spent some time writing an email to John, wrote two posts for Monday, and doing some limited online searching. Checked Facebook and started the next Best Of post.
Genealogy this day was 4.5 hours.
2) Monday, 4 November:
* Read email and blogs, noted that the Amanuensis Monday - Post 193: John Phillips to Peter Brewer Deed in 1754 in Southborough, Mass.post posted, and packed up and left at 9 a.m. for Mission Valley.
* Got to Macy's by 9:30 a.m., was set up for my OASIS class by 9:40 a.m., and the class started at 10:15 a.m. Home by 12:45 p.m. to have lunch.
* Online at 1:15 p.m. to read blogs, noted that Louis B. Powell Attacked in Drumright, Oklahoma posted. Answered some email, and did more online research for Louis Powell line.
* Researched and wrote Attaching Documents to Persons in the FamilySearch Family Tree. Did more email.
* Went in at 5:30 p.m. to watch TV, read the paper and eat dinner. Online at 6:30 p.m. to read, add to the Best Of post, and then watched/listened to the Mondays With Myrt HOA while finding some of James ancestors in Ancestry records and adding them to the database. Then did 20 MyHeritage record match confirmations adding Find A Grave content and sources to the database.
* Checked Facebook and wrote this post. Genealogy today was 11.0 hours.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
My Non-Genealogy Saturday - 2 November 2013
This would have been my grandfather's 122nd birthday. Thank you, Lyle L. Carringer, for being who you were and the example you set for my mother and your grandsons.
* Read email, but not blogs, before going off to the Men's Bible Study breakfast at Marie Callender's. Home by 9:30 a.m. to note that Surname Saturday - FOLLANSBEE (England > colonial New England) posted.
* We left before 10 a.m. for the San Diego Safari Park up near Escondido with the grandgirls. Had a great time... stopped at In 'n' Out for dinner at 4:30 p.m., and home to watch the SDSU Aztecs game at 5:15 p.m.
* Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Trick or Treat Edition posted. Read blogs during halftime of the game, won by SDSU over New Mexico 35-30. Got the kids read to, jammied up, and down by 8:30 p.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and added more Fact Notes and source Detail Text Notes to persons in my database - starting with my parents. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 2.5 hours.
* Read email, but not blogs, before going off to the Men's Bible Study breakfast at Marie Callender's. Home by 9:30 a.m. to note that Surname Saturday - FOLLANSBEE (England > colonial New England) posted.
* We left before 10 a.m. for the San Diego Safari Park up near Escondido with the grandgirls. Had a great time... stopped at In 'n' Out for dinner at 4:30 p.m., and home to watch the SDSU Aztecs game at 5:15 p.m.
* Noted that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Trick or Treat Edition posted. Read blogs during halftime of the game, won by SDSU over New Mexico 35-30. Got the kids read to, jammied up, and down by 8:30 p.m.
* Added to the Best Of post, checked Facebook, and added more Fact Notes and source Detail Text Notes to persons in my database - starting with my parents. Wrote this post.
Genealogy today was 2.5 hours.
Friday, November 1, 2013
My Genealogy Friday - 1 November 2013
A new month, and not much genealogy work done today,
* Read emails and blogs, noted that Follow-up Friday -- Helpful and Interesting Reader Comments posted, and researched and wrote Free GenealogyBank eBook on "How to Search Obituaries to Find Ancestors and Trace Your Family Tree" and set it for later in the morning.
* We left at 11 a.m. for Carlsbad to meet Tami and the grandgirls, ate lunch at Ruby's at the outlet mall, and were home by 2 p.m. Got the girls situated watching TV, and Lauren on the laptop, and managed to get a 20 minute nap. I read email and blogs, and added to the Best Of post, but not much else.
* We went to dinner at El Pollo Loco in National City, and home by 7 p.m. The girls read books, watched TV, Lolo read on the computer about Terraria (but I couldn't get it to work), and they went to their rooms after 9 p.m. to read.
* Managed to find time to write the two Saturday posts through all of this, and check Facebook, ...and I'm sleepy. We may go to the Wild Animal Park on Saturday.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.
* Read emails and blogs, noted that Follow-up Friday -- Helpful and Interesting Reader Comments posted, and researched and wrote Free GenealogyBank eBook on "How to Search Obituaries to Find Ancestors and Trace Your Family Tree" and set it for later in the morning.
* We left at 11 a.m. for Carlsbad to meet Tami and the grandgirls, ate lunch at Ruby's at the outlet mall, and were home by 2 p.m. Got the girls situated watching TV, and Lauren on the laptop, and managed to get a 20 minute nap. I read email and blogs, and added to the Best Of post, but not much else.
* We went to dinner at El Pollo Loco in National City, and home by 7 p.m. The girls read books, watched TV, Lolo read on the computer about Terraria (but I couldn't get it to work), and they went to their rooms after 9 p.m. to read.
* Managed to find time to write the two Saturday posts through all of this, and check Facebook, ...and I'm sleepy. We may go to the Wild Animal Park on Saturday.
Genealogy today was 5.0 hours.
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