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NL #42, March 2003

This issue announces that the 2003 Reunion and Annual Meeting will be held in Hyde Park, New York, home of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Background information and travel directions are included. Also in this issue:

• Descendants of Sergeant Cornelius Delano gathered at his grave in the Duxbury, MA, Mayflower Cemetery with members of the Duxbury Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to dedicate a grave marker in his honor;
• A story about Cousin Ernie Towers and his current interest in compiling the lines of Francis Swan Delano (GHAAHD pg. 193) who settled in Rumford, Me.;
• A new Treasurer and some Committee assignments for the Kindred;
• Information about the GHAAHD and how to obtain a copy (reprint);
• Information about what the DIFP publications are and what they contain;
• An update on the progress of saving the Vrouwekerk ruins from destruction;
• A report on a trip to Mattapoisett and Marion by some Delano Kindred members; and
• A review of Cousin Robert F. Huber's latest book, Old Ghosts and-- Family Skeletons.

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NL #41, October 2002

The lead story in this issue is the 2002 Reunion and Annual Meeting held on August 9-11, 2002, near Fall River, Massachusetts, celebrating the Delanos in the Whaling Industry. Included as well is a complete report on the Delano Kindred Annual Business Meeting. Also in this issue:

• A story by Cousin Jon Delano of Pittsburgh, suggesting that all descendants of Philippe de Lanoy offer a Thanksgiving Toast to Priscilla Mullens for luring Philippe to America;
• A story about Billie Jo DELANO of Millers Tavern, VA (near Richmond), who was selected to participate in the Nationals? 2002 Miss Teen Richmond pageant competition that took place July 7th;
• A follow-up story about Bertrand DELANOE, the Mayor of Paris, who was recently stabbed in the abdomen at 2:30 a.m. Sunday of 6 October in an ornate salon of Paris City Hall;
• Restoration plans for Delano Park in Decatur, Alabama;
• Notice from Dr. Jeremy Bangs of the intention to unveil a historic plaque at the Vrouwekerk ruin in Leiden, The Netherlands, with information about the importance of the Vrouwekerk in medieval Leiden and in its post-Reformation function as a Huguenot church;
• News regarding the progress of the DFIP series of genealogy books by Cousin Muriel Cushing, including updating the First Edition of Generations 1-4 and preparation of the next books in the series, covering generations 5 and 6.

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NL #40, June 2002

Presented in this issue is a preview of the 2002 Reunion and Annual Meeting at the Whites of Westport Regional Hospitality Center, located at the junction of I-195 and Route 24 just east of Fall River, Massachusetts, on August 9, 2002. Included in the festivities: Cornelius DELANO (GHAAHD pg. 250) was honored in a Revolutionary War Grave Marker dedication ceremony scheduled at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, 11 August 2002. Other items included in this issue were:

• Cathy Dyson of the Fredericksburg, Virginia Free Lance-Star contributed a story about Cousin Reggie DeLano of Fredericksburg. This story was originally published in their August 9, 2001 issue;
• Cousin Muriel C. Cushing reports finding a useful website for those cousins who have allied family ties to Cape Cod (the Cobb, Dyer, Sears, Hatch families and others). The BARNSTABLE COUNTY MARSTONS MILLS GRAVESTONES website is www.capecodgravestones.com;
• Some information on actor Lee Delano, who played Captain Balduci in a recent TV rerun of a "ROCKFORD FILES" episode;
• A note about Bertrand Delanoe, who gained an historic victory on 18 March 2002 when he won the Paris elections for mayor;
• News from our members about Delano, Tennessee;
• A story from Cousin Carolyn Clarke about working for Information Services at the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 SLC Olympic Winter Games with her daughter, Arden;
• Differing perspectives about Amasa Delano in the Galapagos Islands; and
• A story about Frances Mitchell and sailing Sunfish on Florida's West Coast.

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NL #39, March 2002

Much of this issue is devoted to the upcoming Reunion and Annual Meeting in Fall River, Massachusetts. Other topics covered include:

• Part 2 of the article on Henry Delano Fitch (continued from Newsletter #38);
• an update on the progress being made to save the old Vrouwekerk Church in Leiden, the Netherlands;
• an introduction to the Delano Genealogy Project;
• an article on the genealogy of Willis Almont Delano of New Hampshire;
• results from the 2001 Annual Questionnaire;
• an article about Tyler Delano, Maine's poster child for the American Diabetes Association;
• notice of a book titled Sometimes Love authored by Cousin Geneva Delano Crain in Lometa, Texas;
• an introduction the the DFIP series of Delano Genealogy books by Cousin Muriel Cushing being written to correct the errors and omissions in the GHAAHD;
• and an introduction to the GHAAHD itself, the 1899 compilation by Major Joel A. Delano that is the definitive genealogy source for the Delano family.

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NL #38, October 2001

This issue presents a brief discussion of the sad events of September 11, 2001. A complete review of the very successful Delano Kindred Reunion meeting at the New Meadows Inn in West Bath, Maine, is up next. A full report of the annual business meeting was included as well. Also noted in this issue was a report that the Captain Warren Delano house, also known as the home of Sara Delano, FDR's mother, was up for sale in Fairhaven, MA, for $529,000. This issue also contains news regarding plans for preservation of the Vrouwekerk ruins in Leiden, an announcement that the 2002 Annual Membership Meeting will be held on Saturday, 10 August 2002 in Westport, MA near Fall River and New Bedford, a listing of new members and departed cousins, a letter to the Editor about Frederick A. Delano, some thoughts on how Philippe Delano might have spent his first Christmas in his new home, and an article from the Los Angeles Times of March 11, 2001 about Capt. Henry Delano Fitch. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here