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Hidden writing found in a Bible printed in 1535 is proving to be quite valuable in providing a more complete picture of the English Reformation. View Video Here

Family discovers seven rare Ty Cobb cards possibly worth $1M

Mark Townsend,Big League Stew

In a reminder that it's always worth double-checking every old paper bag or shoebox we find around the house before discarding it, a family believed to be from South Carolina recently came upon a baseball card goldmine while doing just that.

According to the Associated Press, this family, which prefers to remain anonymous, pulled not one, but seven identical Ty Cobb cards from an old, beat up paper bag. The print period, according to baseball card experts, was sometime between 1909 and 1911. And before this discovery, only 15 copies of this specific card were known to still exist. Read More

     For readers who are either interested in primary sources and/or are looking for genealogy information, remember to check out Raynors' Historical Collectible Auctions. The March 10, 2016 Absentee Auction will be ending soon. The letters and documents to be auctioned, often have detailed information provided and you might just stumble across a family member! Best, Pat

"Her heart was huge," Elizabeth Taylor's granddaughter Laela Wilding, pictured here with the actress as an infant (she's now 45), tells PEOPLE. "She had such a huge impact with her activism and she was so full of life and love. She made a big impact on us." Photos such as this are featured in the new book My Elizabeth, created by the screen legend's friend Firooz Zahedi. In this week's PEOPLE, the photographer gives a first look at the intimate shots, and Wilding reflects on her grandmother's legacy. Read More

My full name is Sara Kathryn, but it's never meant much to me. I'm named after great-grandmothers, black-and-white faces I've seen in photos but whose stories I'd never heard. Beyond their names, I knew almost nothing about great-grandma Sarah and great-grandma Katie, not even where they came from.

When, as a child, I was assigned class projects that required me to trace my family tree, I always hit stumbling blocks. "Where are we from?" I'd asked my maternal grandparents.

My grandfather, a jovial dentist with a penchant for corny jokes and bolo ties, was characteristically upbeat. At this this question, though, he hardened: "We're Jewish," he responded. Every time. Read More

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A wooden mallet inlaid with the initials "A.L" was made by Abraham Lincoln, who used it during his Indiana youth to make furniture, Indiana State Museum officials said Tuesday in unveiling the artifact that had been a family's secret heirloom for five generations.

It's a rare relic that can be directly tied to the 14 years that Lincoln and his family lived in Indiana, said Dale Ogden, the museum's chief curator of cultural history.

The tool, called a bench mallet, is inlaid with square-edged nails that form Lincoln's initials — "A.L" — with a period separating them, while a series of other nails were driven into the tool to form the year "1829." Read More

     This photograph is from the same box from which the Morrow Family photographs were found. Unfortunately, like many of the photographs in the box, it is not identified. Well, I supposed it is slightly identified, because we at least know their first names.....It was found in Dover, Delaware, but otherwise there are no further clues as to the identify of these folks. If a reader finds out, please let us know. Best, Pat. pcsuter@hotmail.com

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By Sarah Begley for Time

The sinking of the Titanic may be the most infamous naval disaster in history, and the torpedoing of the Lusitania the most infamous in wartime. But with death counts of about 1,500 and 1,200 respectively, both are dwarfed by what befell the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German ocean liner that was taken down by a Soviet sub on Jan. 30, 1945, killing 9,343 people—most of them war refugees, about 5,000 of them children.

The victims of the worst maritime tragedy in history were not only Germans, but also Prussians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Poles, Estonians and Croatians. World War II was drawing to an end, and the Soviet army was advancing. Though it would be months before the final fall of the Nazi regime, it was clear the end was coming—and they were desperate to escape before things came to a head. Read More

This is a list of items that I was attempting to post back in December, but was unable to because of technical problems so I am trying again. These are opinionative ratings, of course, so keep that in mind while reading. Other than that, the way these work are that I personally found these games, movies, or TV shows entertaining or they had good stories. There is no limit to the genre just how good I thought they were.

1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (This would be Season 2 of Firefly if that was on but clearly that's not happening)

2. Star Wars Episode VII

3. Tales of Zestiria

4. Guardians of the Galaxy

5. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

6. Avengers Age of Ultron

7. Ant Man

8. Into The Badlands

9. Chappie

10. The Expanse

Of course, this was a fairly short list and some of these you may not agree on. If you would like for me to do an in-depth review on any you can email me at valentineqsuter@gmail.com. Tell me what you would like me to review/criticize, or tell me what you think of anything I have written so far. 

Valentine Q. Suter 1/14/2016

NY Man Nears 3 Millionth Mile in Beloved '66 Volvo

by Fay Abuelgasim for AP

BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — It just keeps going, and going, and going. No, it's not a battery. It's Irvin Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800S.

Gordon's small, red two-door has well more than 2 million miles on the odometer, the equivalent of nearly 1,176 times across the globe.

The retired schoolteacher from Long Island hopes to reach the 3 million mile mark by next year. He only has 34,000 miles to go.

The 72-year-old Gordon drives his Volvo everywhere. He has held the Guinness World Records mark for High Mileage Vehicle since 2002 and was the first person to hold that record.* Read More

*Some formatting provided by Passed Time, Jan 13, 2016, 8:45 am