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Letters

Mildred Stringer’s letter to her friend, Dorothy (Dottie) Stringer Drodge, written when Mildred was in the Sanitarium in St. John’s.

New Items

- Obituaries for Irene Joan Howse, Gladys Woodrow Spurrell, and Calvert Meadus, 2020
- Obituary for Alexander George Benson, 2005
- Photo of St. Alban's Church, 2020
- Fishery News, 1894
- Fishery News, 1902
- Obituaries for Myrtle Burton, Rachel (Smith) Drodge, Joyce Hiscock, Harvey I. Jackman, Minnie Ryan, Kevin Maxwell Marsh, 2020
- Obituary for Lydia Viola Smith, 2019
- Fishery News, 1901
- Schooner - Sunflower - updated
- New photo added to Students of SW Arm
- Southport Storyboard
- Four photos added to People of Little Heart's Ease
- Three photos added to People of Long Beach
- Profile of John Francis Langer 1884-1965
- John Shaw and Abraham Peddle launch new vessels, 1905
- Schr. Willie Marin loses rudder, 1911
- Schooner Mayflower, 1904
- Obituary for Everest Elisha Pond, 2020
- Herring Catchers Have a Hard Time, 1909
- Fire at home of Edward Styles, 1906
- Messrs. Elisha Gregory and Joseph Green, 1909
- Captain reaches home by himself, 1910
- Broke Boom Entering Narrows, 1909
- Profile on Weldon Martin
- Obituary for Winston Avery, 2011
- Obituaries for Randell Meadus, Myra Peddle, Geneva (Whalen) Stacey, and Penny Jean Strong, 2020
- Obituary for Weldon Martin, 2019
- Photo of horse owned by Hannah (Piercey) Martin of Little Heart's Ease
- Updated Andrew Shaw, Regiment Number 2740
- Avery's Grocery, Southport
- Remembrance Day 2019
- Family tree of William and Elizabeth Ann (Morris) Blundon/Blundell
- Updated page on Eldred Churchill
- Obituaries for Emma Jane (Oliver) Jacobs, 2001 and Lewis Jacobs, 2007
- Schooner Laurel
- Obituary for Blanche (Spurrell) Smith, 2020
- Sawmills of Hillview
- Fire, 1904
- Schooner May Queen, 1894
- Obituaries for Mildred (Soper) Balsom, Annie (Drodge) Jacobs, Albert Whalen, Frederick Whalen, 2019
- Coal at Southwest Arm, 1899
- Obituaries for Cyril Dodge, Mary Emelina (Martin) Goobie, Nelson McKinley Howse, Marjorie Pearl (Peddle) Smith, Geneva Caroline (Lambert) Tucker, 2019
- Church of England Episcopal Work, 1907
- [Elizabeth] Ashore at Trinity, 1906
- She stole the jewelry, 1899
- Railway Notes, 1906
- Ambulance Northern Bight (Station), 1902
- Drowning of Elijah Price, 1906
- Along the water front, 1902
- Wedding Announcements for Samuel Hansford and Minnie Frost; Isaac Brewer and Susie Hillier; Willliam J. Stoyles and Jane Benson, January 1900
- Wedding announcement for William Seward and Bridget Yetman, 1899
- Obituary for Nellie Seaward (nee Eveleigh)
- Ancestors smiling down on the 4th annual Long Beach Day
- Southwest Arm historian turns first world war columns into a book
- Mill swept away, 1899
- Death of Moses Wilcox's son, 1900
- Obituary for William Churchill, 1992
- Obituary for Valva Lorraine (Churchill) Martin, 1997
- Obituary for Margaret M. (Cumming) Churchill, 2001
- James Baker and Mary (George) Langer Family Tree
- James and Elizabeth (Martin) Lambert) Family Tree
- Obituary for Lillian Beatrice (Price) Soper, 2000
- Obituary for Marion Bertha (Avery) Wallock, 2015
- Missing Schooners, 1901
- Obituary for Mary Alice (Barfitt) Newell Mercer, 2017
- Obituary for Ivy Susanna Dodge, 2015
- Obituary for Jonah Mathias Dodge, 2010
- Another collision at sea, 1891
- A Yankee Clipper
- Family tree of William Henry Lambert (1849-1930)
- A serious fire, 1901
- Obituary for Allen James Seward, 2006
- Obituary for Ronald Lloyd Dean, 2011
- Obituary for Bonita Joan (Hunt) Dean, 2007
- Obituary for Beatrice Maude (Ivany) Dean, 2006
- Obituary for Mary Viola (Lambert) Maclean, 2016
- Frost Family Tree
- Motor boat burnt with loss of $700, 1919
- Schooner Dreadnought
- Additional information on the schooner Annie
- Obituary for Myrtle Janet (Robbins) Humber, 2009
- Obituary for Eleazer (Eli) Robbins, 1999
- Obituary for Mary Edna (Robbins) Garland, 2010
- Acknowledgement [Funds collected after a house fire], 1921
- More Tory Vindictiveness, 1924
- Edgar Smith, R.N.R., a worthy hero
- Directory of Schooners at St. John's, November 18, 1921
- Obituary for Frank Leslie Frost, 2001
- Obituary for Ray Winston Frost, 2013
- Wedding Bells - Smith/Lambert, Evening Advocate 1919
- Clothing Allowance for the Sailors, Evening Advocate 1919
- Big Meeting at Hillview, The Evening Advocate 1923
- An Incident at Hodge's Cove, Evening Advocate, 1920
- A Good word for the Sailors, Evening Advocate 1919
- Brooch added to the virtual museum
- Marriage announcements for William Seward and Lydia Benson as well as Matthias Martin and Mrs. Eliza Benson
- Obituary for Garfield Spurrell
- Home again
- We kept our house
- Alvin's Haven. A fishing stage becomes a museum in Southport
- Reflections on an outport [Southport Reunion 2009]

Remembrance Day 2019

On Remembrance Day, Monday, November 11, there will be a service at the United Church in Hodge’s … [Read More...]

Where Once They Sailed

Copies of the newly published book, “Where Once They Sailed,” will be available for sale on Monday, … [Read More...]

Cenotaph for Southwest Arm

The Southwest Arm Historical Society is beginning the process for the erection of a Cenotaph (War … [Read More...]

Unveiling of Southport Storyboard

Join us on Saturday, September 14 at 2 p.m. in Southport for the unveiling ceremony of the Southport … [Read More...]

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