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The Book of Sacketts

2 April 2021 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

 A new e-book The Book of Sacketts is announced.  This first edition (there will be further updated editions) has entries…

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Posted in: Genealogy & Research, History & Places

Herbert Sackett is most married Sackett, and most tragic

17 November 2020 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

The record for the most marriages is held by Herbert Irving Sackett (1871–1939) of Buffalo, New York, who was married…

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Posted in: Brief Lives

Liesa Robarge is elected Sackett Family Association president

16 May 2020 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

The Sackett Family Association committee has elected Liesa Robarge as its president to serve for 2020–21, succeeding Richard Price. Liesa,…

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Posted in: Association, Members

“A real soldier just died, men.”

30 April 2020 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

LaVern Fred Sackett was killed in action on 8 December 1944 while serving as a sergeant in the American Expeditionary…

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Posted in: Brief Lives, Military

Was Elizabeth Sacket kidnapped by the Indians?

5 April 2020 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

A rather startling assertion is made in the book Western Massachusetts history: the Westfield area. The author, Stephen Pitoniak, writing…

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Posted in: Brief Lives

All change for Sackett Family Association mailing list

3 February 2020 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

After 23 years at RootsWeb, the Sackett Family Association has moved its mailing list to Groups.io. This follows RootsWeb’s announcement…

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Posted in: Association

Ozem Sackett, pharmacist

4 August 2019 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Eagle-eyed Kelly Jo Brown took the trouble to write The Sackett Family Association with a picture of an old medicine…

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Posted in: History & Places

Dr David Sackett, pioneer of clinical epidemiology

26 May 2019 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

David Sackett MD (1934–2015) was a Canadian medical doctor and a pioneer in evidence-based medicine who proved that aspirin helps…

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Posted in: Brief Lives

Who was Samuel S Sackett?

31 March 2019 Chris Sackett 1 Comment

Association member Myra Roper recently found a record in Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania for the hitherto unknown…

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Posted in: Brick Walls & Other Mysteries, Genealogy & Research

Who was Benjamin Franklin Sackett?

1 March 2019 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Over Christmas 1900 and into January 1901, newspaper readers in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and several States beyond were agog at…

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Posted in: Brick Walls & Other Mysteries, Genealogy & Research

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