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myricopia exploring the past to improve the future skip to content search search for myricopia exploring the past to improve the future menu home about myricopia eilenelyon com 52 ancestors 2020 contact open search maui highlights by eilene lyon in late april i spent a week on maui with a friend i ve known since high school we rented a two bedroom condo about a quarter mile from the beach north of lahaina in the kaanapali area you may recall the devastating fires that hit lahaina in 2023 killing over 100 people i confess continue reading july 30 2026 55 orphan photos by eilene lyon found photo project 13 these found photos are not pictures of orphans they just seem to be stranded in my files with no family home i believe i have identified the subjects correctly some of them have no living descendants others i have tried contacting descendants through ancestry with no replies or in continue reading july 18 2026 39 the big man of salisbury by eilene lyon my north carolina german family lines did not make that colony state their first stop on this continent for the most part they arrived in philadelphia and settled in established german communities in pennsylvania they or their descendants later moved to north carolina where good land could be had for less money there continue reading june 30 2026 45 in the yard by eilene lyon i ve been slow to restart the blog this month it seems the yard is constantly calling me to do something anything but sit at my computer watering weeding dead heading feeding hummers sitting on my butt with an iced chai latte you get the idea let s begin with the birds and the bees the continue reading june 18 2026 69 e i e i o originally published august 11 2019 by eilene lyon i love county fair time it s the only time of year i get to hang with barnyard animals and i m not just talking the four legged and feathered gang since our fairgrounds are right in town and it s tourist season i took the opportunity to ride my bike along continue reading may 28 2026 38 local marine alive well originally published may 26 2019 week 21 52 ancestors military by eilene lyon this time of year i like to feature someone on my family tree who perished during service to their country they are invariably young men who never had a chance at a normal adult life i hope i run out of continue reading may 21 2026 28 jerking lightning originally published july 15 2018 by eilene lyon since i seem to be on a roll with the ransom family i thought i d follow up with a bit about one of robert ransom s sons he and emma had four surviving sons james henry william randolph arthur lemmon and albert frederick fred the first two were continue reading may 14 2026 35 milling water to the sea originally published may 14 2018 by eilene lyon we recently took a trip to the netherlands and norway so expect a few posts on sights scenes and travel but first i want to share a bit about the dutch genius for engineering water it s no secret that much of the netherlands is below sea level continue reading may 7 2026 27 artful durango river trail 3 by eilene lyon let s take a walk on the north end of the river trail along the animas through durango colorado we ll start with some art by the library most of the works in this post are metal sculptures designed to work well outdoors heading a bit north as we approach the high school i continue reading april 23 2026 41 posts navigation older posts archives july 2026 2 june 2026 2 may 2026 4 april 2026 4 march 2026 4 february 2026 3 january 2026 3 december 2025 3 november 2025 4 october 2025 3 september 2025 3 august 2025 3 july 2025 4 june 2025 1 may 2025 2 april 2025 2 march 2025 3 february 2025 5 january 2025 3 december 2024 4 november 2024 4 october 2024 5 september 2024 4 august 2024 4 july 2024 3 june 2024 4 may 2024 3 april 2024 4 march 2024 3 february 2024 2 january 2024 5 december 2023 4 november 2023 1 september 2023 4 august 2023 2 july 2023 4 june 2023 3 may 2023 3 april 2023 4 march 2023 5 february 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