Lucky for me, someone else already did my genealogy I’m really am interested in my…

Loved Ones and Friends The seven page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

Joseph Baldwin (1751-1844) Joseph Baldwin, signature Birth Joseph Baldwin was born on 13 Sep 1751…

Tuesday had Floyd and his comrades up early. The guys still didn’t know exactly what…

Stengrim Halvorsen (1799-1870) Halvorsen or Halverson? It depended on who was keeping the records at…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! According to my Ancestry.com DNA test, I am of 6% Irish…

Lucretia Brownell (1799-1857) Lucretia Brownell Johnson. If I had a time travel machine, Lucretia is…

Elizabeth Baldwin was born on 11 Apr 1771 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut as the…

Thomas Fawcett (1795-1865) Thomas Fawcett was born on 16 Feb 1794/5 in Frederick, Virginia, as…

Friedericke Stroede is largely a mystery. We know her name but little else. Even so,…

To the War and Back Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting…

Things were probably getting pretty dull and routine on the SS America. Floyd didn’t have…

Halvor Stemson (1835-1927) Halvor Stemson was born on 14 Feb 1835 in Nes i Hallingdal,…

Frederick Wilhelm Aschbrenner (1839-1935) Frederick Wilhelm Aschbrenner was born on 14 Feb 1839 in Hansfelde,…

New friends and new sights in Washington The 38th page of Sally’s photo album featured…

This is the fifth segment in our series about women’s suffrage. In the first, you…

Betty Hall (1768-1848) Betty Hall was born on 05 Jul 1768 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts,…

Camping is always an adventure… especially when raccoons are around! Camping with Raccoons is a…

Jonas Weed (1610-1676) Jonas Weed came to America as part of the Great Migration. He…

Patience Harris (1683-1777) Patience Harris was born on 15 May 1683 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut…

Lona Iona Fawcett (1902-1973) Lona Iona Fawcett was born on 28 Jun 1902 in Sac…

Farm and Falls The thirteenth page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

Norman Arthur August Krueger (1904-1980) Norman Arthur August Krueger was born on 22 Nov 1904…

These girls are possibly not all from the same family. They may be granddaughters of…

Girls and Relatives The fifth page of Sally’s photo album contained shots with friends and…

Mary Jane Frost (1825-1915) Mary Jane Frost was born on 05 Feb 1825 in Dorchester,…

Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner (1904-1983) Happy Birthday Sally! Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner was born on 07 May…

Margaret A. O’Donnell (1836-~1865) Margaret A. O’Donnell was born in 1836 in Kentucky as the…

Engebret Asleson Torset (1814-1885) Engebret Asleson Torset was born on 16 Jul 1814 in Nes…

Trees and Friends and Friends in Trees The eighth page of Sally’s photo album featured…

Bertha H. Stemson (1877-1968) Bertha H. Stemson was born on 05 Mar 1877 in Newry,…

The school picture of this little boy was included in a photo album put together…

Arthur Guy Phillips was 24-years old, love-sick for his gal Florence, and perhaps feeling unappreciated…

What to do with all that beer? A couple months ago, during an extended weekend…

John Loverin (1762-1843) It has been written that the most interesting parts of a person’s life…

The War was over and Floyd was back in Illinois, right? WRONG! He celebrated his…

Yesterday was the 7th annual lefse making day for my family. Lefse is a big…

John Johnson (1698-<1756) John Johnson was born on 26 Aug 1698 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut,…

Tuesday, 23 July 1918 was the day that Floyd left Camp Hancock in Augusta, Georgia….

After a very early wake-up call, Floyd left from Newport News, Virginia, on 31 Jul…

Farm and Family Sally’s album starts in about 1920 when she was a teenager. Her…

Girls Gone Wild 1917 Style Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting…

Floyd Boyce Phillips (1891-1971) Floyd Boyce Phillips was born on 07 Dec 1891 in Aurora,…

George Lyon (1662-1694) George Lyon was born on 16 Dec 1662 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts,…

Margaret Fitz Randolph (1744-1833) Margaret Fitz Randolph was born on 01 May 1744 in Essex,…

Jane Russell (1818-1900) Jane Russell was born on 27 Jun 1818 in Frankfort, Herkimer, New…

When we last left Floyd, he was asleep on board a Norfolk & Western train…

I really don’t want to be older than I already am, but I sometimes wish…

Kristi Knudsdr (1807-1884) Knudsdr, Knudsdtr, and Knudsdatter are three ways that her name was written….

Georg Adam Stadler (1804-1864) Georg Adam Stadler was born on 08 Dec 1804 in Mörtelstein,…

It is always exciting when my overnight house guests bring a stack of things that…

James W Huleress “Hugh” Fawcett (1848-1935) James W Huleress Fawcett was born on 12 Aug…

Ingerid Torleivsdtr Imré (1796-1887) Ingerid Torleivsdtr Imré was born about Mar 1796 in Hemsedal, Buskerud,…

February 12th is National Plum Pudding Day! Happy National Plum Pudding Day! Plum pudding with…

Zilpha Hodges (1807-1884) Zilpha Hodges was born on 18 Jan 1807 in Franklin, Virginia, as…

This toddler is outside on the farm. The photograph was part of a collection of…

This picture was included in the Margaret Aldahl and Bennett Christianson photograph collection. Who are…

State Historical Society of Iowa Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting…

Last week, as I recovered from Thanksgiving and started thinking about Christmas, I was able…

Camp Wakanda and more The 14th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

A rare photograph from Friday, 16 May 1919, shows Floyd posing with a colleague named…

Joy cometh later in the afternoon – helping an adoptee connect Nearly every week, a…

John Webster (1718-1800) John Webster was born on 22 Apr 1718 in Plainfield, Essex, New…

Gottfried Friederick Draeger (1821-1899) Gottfried Friederick Draeger was born on 12 Jan 1821 in Dobberphul,…

The weather was gorgeous and it seemed like a bad idea to waste a Saturday…

Included in a mess of loose photos in a box at my parents’ house that…

Rochester Craft Beer Expo – 2017 We are just a couple weeks away from the…

Vacation Drinking What better time to drink than on vacation? On a recent trip to…

Thomas C. O’Donnell (1810-1894) I think the O’Donnell family might be fascinating. But, because of…

Sally and friends The 28th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

Hallstein Nilson Haugveie (1796-1891) Hallstein Nilson Haugveie was born very late in 1796 in Hemsedal,…

Coralee is almost ten—smart, curious, and always ready for fun. When her parents leave for…

Guttorm Hillson Wenaas (1828-1913) Guttorm Hillson Wenaas was born on 17 Dec 1828 in Nes…

From her hospital room in Aurora, Florence Manning wrote to Floyd. Florence was the fiance…

Eau Claire Dells and parade The 31st page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…

With the holidays behind me, I’ve been slowly getting back to working on my McCall…

Ragnild Bjornsdtr Skolt (1809-1900) Ragnild Bjornsdtr Skolt was born on 04 Jul 1809 in Skolt,…

Albert Phillips wrote a long overdue but very lengthy letter to his brother Floyd, who…

Boating and Iowa The 30th page of Sally’s photo album included pictures of boating and…

Florence Estelle Manning, the fiance of Floyd’s brother Arthur Guy Phillips, wrote another friendly letter…

My husband and I had a date night on Friday and though we didn’t leave…

Farewell to Washington and Back to Wisconsin The 46th page of Sally’s photo album includes…

Mary Stolp (1871-1915) Mary Stolp. Mary Stolp was born on 06 Apr 1871 in Sandwich,…

Christian Oleson Rukke (1805-1874) Christian Oleson Rukke. Christian Olseon Rukke was born to Ole Thorson Tollefsgardie…

Asle Embrickson Torset was born in 1775 in Hemsedal, Buskerud, Norway (Nørde Torset) as the…

This first post in the series introduces you to our sixteen female ancestors who were…

“Friendly staff. Nice beer selection. Filling food. And just down the road from home.” That…

Ebenezer Billings Jr. (1683/84-1760) Lieutenant Ebenezer Billings Jr. lived in Colonial America. During his 76-years…

Ervin Anklam Wedding plus The 25th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

There was a man named John Farris… Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or…

Bennett Nils Christianson (1902-2000) This week of each year is always a little tough. For so…

DC and a Trip Home The 43rd page of Sally’s photo album featured pictures taken…

2013. SocialICE. Last night we attended our seventh annual SocialICE. This is the eighth year…

Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender (1848-1936) Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender Aschbrenner. Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender was…

Floyd’s 11-year old cousin Donald James Phillips wrote a very newsy article. His account of…

Taylor Webster (1748/49-1802) Taylor Webster was born on 18 Jan 1748/49 in Essex, New Jersey….

Life in Camp Stuart kept Floyd busy. He didn’t have time to write much on…

John Borden (1729-1801) Two hundred and eighty-seven years ago, John Borden was born on 12…

This first post in the series finds Floyd still on American soil. Floyd was inducted…