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Augustine Sackett is inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

25 May 2017 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Augustine Sackett (1841–1914) was the inventor of drywall, which he patented in 1894 as Sackett Board. It is used today…

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Michael Sackett is awarded British Empire Medal

21 June 2013 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Michael Oliver Sackett of Croscombe, Somerset, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The…

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Sackett Family Association website wins Guild award

23 April 2012 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

The Sackett Family Association website has received the Guild of One-Name Studies Award of Excellence 2012.

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Sackett Association helps reunite WWII GI John W Sackett’s dog-tag with his family

4 April 2012 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Sergeant John W Sackett’s WWII dog-tag, found by Kelly Grace at an old U.S. army base near Brisbane, Australia, has…

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Celia is newest Sackett

30 April 2011 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Celia Sackett Hernandez, daughter of Heather Louise (Sackett) Hernandez, and granddaughter of Association member Leonard Arden Sackett, was born on…

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Sackett Association helps Clinton Police identify rediscovered 1796 gravestone

27 January 2011 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

When police in Clinton, Connecticut, found an old gravestone during building work in the basement of their station earlier this…

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Sackett website wins Guild award

1 May 2009 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

The Sackett Family Association website has won second place in the Guild of One-Name Studies publication awards 2009.

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The Sackett Family Association

The Association has two websites.

The Sackett Family Association website, maintained by Chris Sackett

Thurmon King’s New Sackett Family Database, maintained by Ted Smith

Blog maintained by Chris Sackett

Recent Posts

  • Thurmon King, Sackett Family Association historian, won all hearts
  • Hon William Augustus Sackett, US Congressman
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This blog is part of the Sackett surname study conducted by Chris Sackett for the Guild of One-Name Studies.

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