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Sergio Ciriani
Sergio Ciriani was born in Sequals, province of Udine, in the North-East of Italy on April 29, 1914. In 1943 he was drafted into the Ital...
Lesson on a Tennessee Farm
A friend of History Chip recounted this story. We look forward to more from our new friend.My father grew up on a s...
Memorial Day Homage
It is Memorial Day, 2021, a day to honor Americans who died in service to their country. This Memorial Day we are emerging from the ravag...
Riding the Rails
By FREDERICK WELK JR.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various name history sources as meaning “foreigner” or “wan...
Dust Bowl days began early
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various nam...
Hard work on the farm in Berwi
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various...
Farming life in the 1920s
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various nam...
Wandering Welk Family Passed T
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various nam...
Welk family arrives in North D
By FREDERICK LEO WELK As told to his son, Frederick Jr.The origin of the surname Welk is given in various name his...
A Christmas Story
A Christmas story Version I I was raised across the river from St. Louis back in the days when dust storms still rolled o...
CHRISTMAS Version III
A Christmas Story Version III There was yet another kind of Christmas season waiting for me. I had an extraordinary new wife who ...
