Archive for March, 2011

Searing, North Dakota

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Every now and then our name pops up in unusual places.  Recently a listing appeared on eBay for a Last Day Cover, “Searing ND) (in a group of other such covers, with other place names).  I had never heard of this place before, although I had a couple of great aunts settle in the Dakotas.   Searched around a bit and found the following, courtesy of Roots Web data:  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ndmckenz/S.html

Searing

This was a farm post office established July 25, 1916 with Thomas C. Taylor pm.  It was located in NW 1/4 Sec.10-147-103, Thirty-three miles SW of Watford City, and named for the site owner, Julius Searing Taylor, aftter Taylor had been rejected because of duplication in Stark County.  The post office closed March 15, 1921 with mail to Alexander.  It reopened February 7, 1922 in SE 1/4 Sec. 28-147-103, and seven miles SSE of the original site as Searing, but only after a name change to Dean had been rejected.  In 1928 it moved one mile NW to SE 1/4 Sec. 28-147-103, and operated until pm  Annie Kemna closed the facility September 30, 1952 with mail to  Sidney, MT.  A population of 3 was reported in 1940.

So now I’m really curious.  Anyone heard of this before?  Know who this Searing or Searing family is?  Looks like a nice little research project.

A Twitter Hashtag Roundup

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Just a sampling of the #searing roundup on Twitter during the latter part of February…..join in the fun, make an entry on Twitter..some interesting things being done by Searings!! Dan Searing, Sr

Adam Searing on medical pricing:. I’m posting this a little late, but still very valid and important! 

39 minutes ago 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

Daniel Searing MD on Vit D 

1 hour ago 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

“@: Not dead yet: Auburn’s Toomer Corner oaks given a fighting chance | ” 

27 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

“@: World call to save Sweden’s Änok river delta forest from clear cutting | ” 

27 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: @ yeah I keep forgetting to tweet the stuff that I think. When I tweet I feel like a sophisticarwd lady!

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: YUM YUM BUMBLE BEE, BUMBLE BEE TUNA! I LOVE BUMBLE BEE, BUMBLE BEE TUNA! LOVE A SANDWICH MADE WITH BUMBLE BEE! 

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: they finally turned the alarms off and a huge cheer went up. been going off for 30 min. 

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: I just finished a 5.48 km run with a time of 25:08 with Nike+ GPS. 

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: tsa becomes way more efficient after a security breach. made it through  

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Canada’s forest product industry charts bio-pathways future |   | .

24 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Ilkka Halso’s Museum of Nature presentation (pdf 2MB) | 

24 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Ilkka Halso’s Museum of Nature challenges our thinking on ephemerality of nature | 

24 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Dr. William Carson looks at the Bambi plague in the Eastern US deciduous forest | 

24 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

Adam Searing on NC Blue Cross’ hypocritical stand on board conflicts of interest 

 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Scientists Find New Way to Estimate Global Rainfall and Track Ocean Pollution 

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