Here is a list of posts and pages, with a brief synopsis of their contents. 👉 Posts are in chronological order; Newer posts are at the top.
Remembering Aunt Lallie The life and times of my grandmother's favorite aunt, pieced together through memoirs, journals, documents, and photographs.
An Honor To Be Indexed I was surprised to find that my grandmother had been preserving some of my childhood artwork, for posterity.
Will Work For Passage An ancestor who indentured himself to servitude in exchange for passage to the New World.
A Gift From Beyond To Be Thankful For
Receiving a message on Thanksgiving Day from an internet stranger who held a piece of my family's past; a mysterious woman with some of my late grandfather's personal correspondence from WWII.
Family Once Removed
When connecting with living relatives just isn't possible, for various reasons, I can still find a sense of belonging in my family of ancestors.
Truth Be Damned (?)
The facts of history cannot be changed, painful though they may be. If someone asked you to change the report, would you?
Spectacular!
The inbreeding among the royal houses of Europe, and in the small towns of the early American States, was just spectacular!
Never Settle
The Beaucondray family did settle... again and again and again... all across the newly established country.
The Family Business
Some occupations seem to run in the family,
The (X) Files
Taking possession of my grandmother's extensive ancestral research files.
Oh Happy Day
I was just having a really great day, and I wanted to share the highlights with you.
Brothers In Arms
The Odom brothers fight to stay together while fighting the American Civil War.
My Great Great Discovery
Breaking a brick wall to find Peter Barrows, my Grandfather's Grandfather.
They're Coming to America!
The Biancos' arrive from Italy and raise an American family on the coast of Connecticut.
What's In A Name?
Repetitive family names can be a blessing AND a curse! The early traditions of "legacy namesakes" can make it difficult to tell who's who!
A Charmed Life
The life of Rosina Lotz-Elhers, a formidable woman of Colonial America; her connection to George Washington, and possibly the ghost of Theodosia Burr (?)
My Great Uncle, John Hall Owings Jr, and the Death March of Bataan.
Knowledge Is Power
Knowing who I came from helps me to make peace with who I am.
A Gift From Beyond To Be Thankful For
Receiving a message on Thanksgiving Day from an internet stranger who held a piece of my family's past; a mysterious woman with some of my late grandfather's personal correspondence from WWII.
Family Once Removed
When connecting with living relatives just isn't possible, for various reasons, I can still find a sense of belonging in my family of ancestors.
The facts of history cannot be changed, painful though they may be. If someone asked you to change the report, would you?
Spectacular!
The inbreeding among the royal houses of Europe, and in the small towns of the early American States, was just spectacular!
Never Settle
The Beaucondray family did settle... again and again and again... all across the newly established country.
Some occupations seem to run in the family,
The (X) Files
Taking possession of my grandmother's extensive ancestral research files.
Oh Happy Day
I was just having a really great day, and I wanted to share the highlights with you.
Brothers In Arms
The Odom brothers fight to stay together while fighting the American Civil War.
Breaking a brick wall to find Peter Barrows, my Grandfather's Grandfather.
They're Coming to America!
The Biancos' arrive from Italy and raise an American family on the coast of Connecticut.
What's In A Name?
Repetitive family names can be a blessing AND a curse! The early traditions of "legacy namesakes" can make it difficult to tell who's who!
A Charmed Life
The life of Rosina Lotz-Elhers, a formidable woman of Colonial America; her connection to George Washington, and possibly the ghost of Theodosia Burr (?)
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