Video project documents Mount Airy's history

She has lived in Canada, Central America, South America and Europe. He never left a 100-mile radius of his home. But Ellena Vasquez and George Hood were brought together as neighbors in Mount Airy — a situation that led to the preservation of history and a voice from the past.

Philatelic Genealogy website, database worth a look

A Civil War scene takes up the left side of an 1863 envelope from Washington, D.C., addressed to Miss Esther A. Packard of Kenduskeag.

Researchers seek relatives

Last November, 15 sets of remains belonging to British World War I soldiers were discovered in the small village of Beaucamps-Ligny in northern France during municipal building work.

What To Do

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Bulletin Board: Woman to talk about Continental Divide

Author Cindy Ross will discuss her book "Scraping Heaven: A Family's Journey Along the Continental Divide" during a multimedia presentation at Country Meadows of Wyomissing, 1802 Tulpehocken Road, on Monday at 1:30 p.m.

Senior scams

The Record (Hackensack N.J.) Experts have seen all sorts of scams, from the e-mail announcing a big lottery win and what you need to do to claim the money usually, send money -- to the repairman who knocks on the door requiring payment upfront for urgent work, then skips town.