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Farris Will Not Swing for A While
There was a man named John Farris… Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or…
Happy Birthday George Brownell
George Brownell (1711-1800) George Brownell was born on 21 Jun 1711 in Little Compton, Newport,…
Happy Birthday Martha Eldridge
Martha Eldridge (1667-<1735) Martha Eldridge was born on 20 Apr 1667 in Driffield, Gloucestershire, England,…
3-13 July 1919 Finally a Ride Home
Though the actual fighting stopped in November 1918, it took another six months of negotiations…
Sally’s Photos – Page #03 – Old Folks, Relatives, Soldiers, and the Clover Dairy Farm
Old Folks, Relatives, Soldiers, and the Clover Dairy Farm “Meditating” “First Lesson” “Prairie Schooner” “Old…
Sally’s Photos – Page #27 – Live Y’ers
Live Y’ers The 27th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos taken…
Happy Birthday Joanna Lyon
Joanna Lyon (1690-1765) Joanna Lyon was born on 26 May 1690 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts…
Showbiz & Scandals: The Forgotten Life of Virginia Best
Who was Virginia Best? I was struggling last week with one of the descendants of…
Reads Landing and Cap’n Crunch
It has come to my attention that thus far this blog has covered all ancestors…
20 January 1919 A Letter from Arthur
Still excited from his wedding on Wednesday, 8 January 1919, Arthur wrote a lengthy and…
Man in Margaret Aldahl Christianson photo album
Who is this man? UnidentifiedMan-03
Four Daughters (pre) Class Reunion
As our class reunion approached, a wise friend who now resides far away decided that…
Sally’s Photos – Page #10 – Picnic and Party
Picnic and Party The tenth page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…
Sally’s Photos – Page #05 – Girls and Relatives
Girls and Relatives The fifth page of Sally’s photo album contained shots with friends and…
Sally’s Photos – Page #19 Costumed, Water, and Winter Hiking
Costumed, Water, and Winter Hiking The 19th page of Sally’s photo album featured photos of…
Girls Gone Wild 1917 Style
Girls Gone Wild 1917 Style Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting…
July 1918 Camp Hancock at Augusta Georgia
This first post in the series finds Floyd still on American soil. Floyd was inducted…
An Icy Family Legacy
A guest post by Joel. leg·a·cy/ˈleɡəsē/ nounnoun: legacy; plural noun: legacies the long-lasting impact of…
Treasures in a Pretty Box
When my parents recently gave me a pretty box full of miscellaneous stuff, I was…
Sally’s Photos – Page #34 – Gals and Farm and Family
Gals and Farm and Family Sally Aschbrenner is in back row, third from left. Elizabeth…
Read my new storybook, “Margaret and the Missing Pancakes”
Margaret worked hard to make pancakes for everyone… but where did they all go? Based…
The Aschbrenner Family book is finished!
It is an exciting day when the mailman brings me a box containing books that…
Sally’s Photos – Page #32 – Family Woods and Water
Family, Woods, and Water Elizabeth Lemke, front and center, and friends. Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner. Philip…
Happy Birthday Samuel Russell
Samuel Russell (1733-~1801) Today is the 283rd anniversary of the birth of Samuel Russell. Born…
Sally’s Photos – Page #15 – Wood for Breakfast
Wood for breakfast The 15th page of Sally’s photo album featured photos of family and…
Suffrage – The 1920 Election
This is the fifth segment in our series about women’s suffrage. In the first, you…
Happy Birthday James W Huleress Fawcett
James W Huleress “Hugh” Fawcett (1848-1935) James W Huleress Fawcett was born on 12 Aug…
Happy Birthday Guy Allison Phillips
Guy Allison Phillips (1866-1940) Guy Allison Phillips was born on 13 May 1866 in Clarence,…
Bringing family history to life in storybooks
174 tastes of beer on deck!
This is how much beer they normally pour. The Program for the 2016 Rochester Craft…
Sally’s Photos – Page #20 Hiking, Kids, and Madison
Hiking, Kids, and Madison The 20th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…
Sally’s Photos – Page #02 – Transportation, Scenery, Extended Family, and School
Transportation, Scenery, Extended Family, and School The second page of Sally’s photo album featured a…
Happy Birthday John Borden
John Borden (1729-1801) Two hundred and eighty-seven years ago, John Borden was born on 12…
Happy Birthday Jorand Christiansdtr Rukke
Jorand Christiansdtr Rukke (1841-1906) Jorand Christiansdtr Rukke was born on 08 Apr 1838 in Nes,…
6 August 1918 Bad Weather but Some Meat
A good book and some meat for all three meals might have made things more…
Cpl. Floyd in France – 1 June 1919
It is always exciting when my overnight house guests bring a stack of things that…
Archilles James Linville
Archilles James Linville (1825->1900) Archilles James Linville was born in Mar 1825 in Virginia. He…
Happy Birthday Birgit Lostegaard
Birgit Nilsdtr Lostegaard (1843-1887) Birth Birgit Nilsdtr Lostegaard was born on 23 Feb 1843 on…
Sally’s Photos – Page #22 – Spider Lake and Camp Wakanda
Spider Lake and Camp Wakanda The 22nd page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…
Edmund Brace
Edmund Brace (1797-1884) Edmund Brace was born in 1797 in Connecticut. Where? When? To Whom?…
Vacationing in Rochester
My husband and I had a date night on Friday and though we didn’t leave…
21 October 1918 Letter from Grandma Phillips
In response to a card from him, Grandma Amelia “Millie” Phillips wrote to Floyd. Addressing…
7 December 1918 A Birthday Abroad
The War was over and Floyd was back in Illinois, right? WRONG! He celebrated his…
Happy Birthday Emilie Friedericke Luise Draeger
Emilie Friedericke Luise Draeger (1850-1910) Emilie Friedericke Luise Draeger was born on 12 Oct 1850…
Glory Days – The Pride That Baffles My Modern Mind
With the holidays behind me, I’ve been slowly getting back to working on my McCall…
Happy Birthday Robert Fitz Randolph (1712-~1803)
Robert Fitz Randolph (1712-~1803) Birth Robert Fitz Randolph was born on 19 Jul 1712 in…
Happy Birthday Thomas L. Antrim
Thomas L. Antrim (1686-1732) Thomas L. Antrim was born on 30 Nov 1686 in Northampton,…
DIY Beer Tasting
What to do with all that beer? A couple months ago, during an extended weekend…
Sally Rockwell
Sarah “Sally” Rockwell (1786-1849) Sarah Rockwell was born on 04 Apr 1786 in Warwick, Orange,…
Sally’s Photos – Page #01 – Farm and Family
Farm and Family Sally’s album starts in about 1920 when she was a teenager. Her…
My Great Aunt Already Did Our Family Tree
Lucky for me, someone else already did my genealogy I’m really am interested in my…
Happy Birthday John Frost
John Frost (1754-1822) John Frost was born on 03 Jan 1754 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts,…
13 August 1918 Letter from Cousin Donald
Floyd’s 11-year old cousin Donald James Phillips wrote a very newsy article. His account of…
Happy Birthday Augusta Baumann
Augusta Baumann (1840-1900) Augusta Baumann was born on 02 Oct 1840 in Germany as the…
Down home with the Estes family…and bottles, bombers and growlers
I really don’t want to be older than I already am, but I sometimes wish…
The Estes Family book is now available!
Words cannot express how thrilled I am to announce that my book, “The Estes Family,”…
Happy Birthday Hannah Miner
Hannah Miner (1671-~1708) Birth Hannah Miner was born on 21 Apr 1671 as the third…
Edward Hall (1727-1807)
Edward Hall was born on 18 Jul 1727 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, as the second…
4 August 1918 A Day of Rest At Sea
Like in 2019, August 4th in 1918 was a Sunday. It was a day of…
Happy Birthday Barbara Mary Stadler
Barbara Mary Stadler (1844-1904) Barbara Mary Stadler was born 172 years ago on 23 Aug…
26 July 1918 Camp Stuart
After a short night of sleep in a real bed, Floyd woke up to his…
Clueless – Who are these people?
This photo fell out of a box one day. It has no label other than…
Knut Olson Aldalen
Knut Olson Aldalen (1787-1851) Knut Olson Aldalen was born in 1787 at the Aldahl farm…
Going back 102 years to 18 October 1915
Most days of most lives are “ordinary.” But our ordinary is likely very different than…
John Estes
John Estes (1800-1859) John Estes was born about 1800 in Kentucky as the second child…
Going back 347 years to 15 November 1670
Most days of most lives are “ordinary.” But, our ordinary is likely very different than…
Sally’s Photos – Page #25 – Ervin Anklam Wedding plus
Ervin Anklam Wedding plus The 25th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…
Sally’s Photos – Page #47 – People and Indian School
People and Indian School The 47th and final page of Sally’s photo album featured many…
Happy Birthday Oliver Selam Boyce
Oliver Selam Boyce (1827-1878) Oliver Selam Boyce was born on 30 Apr 1827 in Springfield,…
Happy Birthday Katharina Barbara Muench
Katharina Barbara Muench was born and baptized on 04 Mar 1810 in Obrigheim, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg,…
Hello world! – Again!
We are back! If anyone happened to notice, we were offline for a while. After…
Happy Birthday Elizabeth Plumb
Elizabeth Plumb (1669-1747) Elizabeth Plumb was born on 01 Nov 1669 as the first child…
Ole Knutson Aldahl
Ole Knutson Aldahl (1814-1890) Ole Knutson Aldahl was born in 1814 (probably), but we don’t…
Suffrage: 1951
As we have seen in earlier posts, women fought to gain full voting rights, missed…
Happy Birthday Mildred Holland
Mildred Holland (1779-1854) Today is the 238th anniversary of the birth of Mildred Holland. She was…
Happy Birthday Catherine Leifheite
Catherine Leifheite (1796-1872) Catherine Leifheite was born on 29 Dec 1796 in Rensselaer, New York….
Sally’s Photos – Page #16 – Winter in Marathon Park
Winter in Marathon Park The 16th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…
Elizabeth Linville
Elizabeth Linville (~1842->1871) Elizabeth A. Linville was born about 1842 in Callaway County, Missouri, as…
Read my new storybook, “The Little Driller”
When Bennett and his son Merlin hear a strange scratching sound inside the granary, they…
It’s almost time – Rochester Craft Beer Expo!
Rochester Craft Beer Expo – 2016 We are only a few weeks away from the…
Sally’s Photos – Page #31 – Eau Claire Dells and Parade
Eau Claire Dells and parade The 31st page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…
Happy Birthday Genet Boyes
Genet Boyes (1754-1845) Genet Boyes was born on 25 Aug 1754 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New…
Happy Birthday Ragnild Bjornsdtr Skolt
Ragnild Bjornsdtr Skolt (1809-1900) Ragnild Bjornsdtr Skolt was born on 04 Jul 1809 in Skolt,…
Happy Birthday Bernard Meyer
Bernard Meyer was born on 26 Apr 1809 in Germany. His name has been spelled…
Peter Holland McCall
Peter Holland McCall (1800-1867) Peter Holland McCall was born in 1800 in Glade Hill, Franklin,…
Happy Birthday Zilpha Hodges
Zilpha Hodges (1807-1884) Zilpha Hodges was born on 18 Jan 1807 in Franklin, Virginia, as…
Why study your family history?
I have been asked on more than one occasion why I am so interested in…
Happy Birthday Edward Morris III
Edward Morris (1688-1769) Edward Morris was born on 09 Nov 1688 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts…
Ready, set, go! (FamilyPast.Expert is open for business)
It’s official! 2016 is here and with it comes the official opening of Family Past…
Happy Birthday Lona Iona Fawcett
Lona Iona Fawcett (1902-1973) Lona Iona Fawcett was born on 28 Jun 1902 in Sac…
Happy Birthday Friedrich Samuel Aschbrenner
Friedrich Samuel Aschbrenner (1810-1885) Friedrich Samuel Aschbrenner was born on 19 Oct 1810 in Posen,…
23 October 1918 Inquisitive Letter from Uncle Clarence
Floyd’s uncle Clarence Arthur Phillips wrote to Floyd who was still in France. Clarence was…
John Webster
John Webster (1718-1800) John Webster was born on 22 Apr 1718 in Plainfield, Essex, New…
Maimed and Murdered
Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting twig (or nut) appears somewhere…
Happy Birthday Joseph Baldwin
Joseph Baldwin (1751-1844) Joseph Baldwin, signature Birth Joseph Baldwin was born on 13 Sep 1751…
Happy Birthday Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender
Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender (1848-1936) Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender Aschbrenner. Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender was…
Elizabeth Baldwin (1771-1810)
Elizabeth Baldwin was born on 11 Apr 1771 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut as the…
Margaret Fitz Randolph
Margaret Fitz Randolph (1744-1833) Margaret Fitz Randolph was born on 01 May 1744 in Essex,…
Farris Will Not Swing for A While
There was a man named John Farris… Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or…
Happy Birthday George Brownell
George Brownell (1711-1800) George Brownell was born on 21 Jun 1711 in Little Compton, Newport,…
Happy Birthday Martha Eldridge
Martha Eldridge (1667-<1735) Martha Eldridge was born on 20 Apr 1667 in Driffield, Gloucestershire, England,…
3-13 July 1919 Finally a Ride Home
Though the actual fighting stopped in November 1918, it took another six months of negotiations…
Sally’s Photos – Page #03 – Old Folks, Relatives, Soldiers, and the Clover Dairy Farm
Old Folks, Relatives, Soldiers, and the Clover Dairy Farm “Meditating” “First Lesson” “Prairie Schooner” “Old…
Sally’s Photos – Page #27 – Live Y’ers
Live Y’ers The 27th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos taken…
Happy Birthday Joanna Lyon
Joanna Lyon (1690-1765) Joanna Lyon was born on 26 May 1690 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts…
Showbiz & Scandals: The Forgotten Life of Virginia Best
Who was Virginia Best? I was struggling last week with one of the descendants of…
Reads Landing and Cap’n Crunch
It has come to my attention that thus far this blog has covered all ancestors…
20 January 1919 A Letter from Arthur
Still excited from his wedding on Wednesday, 8 January 1919, Arthur wrote a lengthy and…
Man in Margaret Aldahl Christianson photo album
Who is this man? UnidentifiedMan-03
Four Daughters (pre) Class Reunion
As our class reunion approached, a wise friend who now resides far away decided that…
Sally’s Photos – Page #10 – Picnic and Party
Picnic and Party The tenth page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…
Sally’s Photos – Page #05 – Girls and Relatives
Girls and Relatives The fifth page of Sally’s photo album contained shots with friends and…
Sally’s Photos – Page #19 Costumed, Water, and Winter Hiking
Costumed, Water, and Winter Hiking The 19th page of Sally’s photo album featured photos of…
Girls Gone Wild 1917 Style
Girls Gone Wild 1917 Style Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting…
July 1918 Camp Hancock at Augusta Georgia
This first post in the series finds Floyd still on American soil. Floyd was inducted…
An Icy Family Legacy
A guest post by Joel. leg·a·cy/ˈleɡəsē/ nounnoun: legacy; plural noun: legacies the long-lasting impact of…
Treasures in a Pretty Box
When my parents recently gave me a pretty box full of miscellaneous stuff, I was…
Sally’s Photos – Page #34 – Gals and Farm and Family
Gals and Farm and Family Sally Aschbrenner is in back row, third from left. Elizabeth…
Read my new storybook, “Margaret and the Missing Pancakes”
Margaret worked hard to make pancakes for everyone… but where did they all go? Based…
The Aschbrenner Family book is finished!
It is an exciting day when the mailman brings me a box containing books that…
Sally’s Photos – Page #32 – Family Woods and Water
Family, Woods, and Water Elizabeth Lemke, front and center, and friends. Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner. Philip…
Happy Birthday Samuel Russell
Samuel Russell (1733-~1801) Today is the 283rd anniversary of the birth of Samuel Russell. Born…
Sally’s Photos – Page #15 – Wood for Breakfast
Wood for breakfast The 15th page of Sally’s photo album featured photos of family and…
Suffrage – The 1920 Election
This is the fifth segment in our series about women’s suffrage. In the first, you…
Happy Birthday James W Huleress Fawcett
James W Huleress “Hugh” Fawcett (1848-1935) James W Huleress Fawcett was born on 12 Aug…
Happy Birthday Guy Allison Phillips
Guy Allison Phillips (1866-1940) Guy Allison Phillips was born on 13 May 1866 in Clarence,…
Bringing family history to life in storybooks
174 tastes of beer on deck!
This is how much beer they normally pour. The Program for the 2016 Rochester Craft…
Sally’s Photos – Page #20 Hiking, Kids, and Madison
Hiking, Kids, and Madison The 20th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…
Sally’s Photos – Page #02 – Transportation, Scenery, Extended Family, and School
Transportation, Scenery, Extended Family, and School The second page of Sally’s photo album featured a…
Happy Birthday John Borden
John Borden (1729-1801) Two hundred and eighty-seven years ago, John Borden was born on 12…
Happy Birthday Jorand Christiansdtr Rukke
Jorand Christiansdtr Rukke (1841-1906) Jorand Christiansdtr Rukke was born on 08 Apr 1838 in Nes,…
6 August 1918 Bad Weather but Some Meat
A good book and some meat for all three meals might have made things more…
Cpl. Floyd in France – 1 June 1919
It is always exciting when my overnight house guests bring a stack of things that…
Archilles James Linville
Archilles James Linville (1825->1900) Archilles James Linville was born in Mar 1825 in Virginia. He…
Happy Birthday Birgit Lostegaard
Birgit Nilsdtr Lostegaard (1843-1887) Birth Birgit Nilsdtr Lostegaard was born on 23 Feb 1843 on…
Sally’s Photos – Page #22 – Spider Lake and Camp Wakanda
Spider Lake and Camp Wakanda The 22nd page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…
Edmund Brace
Edmund Brace (1797-1884) Edmund Brace was born in 1797 in Connecticut. Where? When? To Whom?…
Vacationing in Rochester
My husband and I had a date night on Friday and though we didn’t leave…
21 October 1918 Letter from Grandma Phillips
In response to a card from him, Grandma Amelia “Millie” Phillips wrote to Floyd. Addressing…
7 December 1918 A Birthday Abroad
The War was over and Floyd was back in Illinois, right? WRONG! He celebrated his…
Happy Birthday Emilie Friedericke Luise Draeger
Emilie Friedericke Luise Draeger (1850-1910) Emilie Friedericke Luise Draeger was born on 12 Oct 1850…
Glory Days – The Pride That Baffles My Modern Mind
With the holidays behind me, I’ve been slowly getting back to working on my McCall…
Happy Birthday Robert Fitz Randolph (1712-~1803)
Robert Fitz Randolph (1712-~1803) Birth Robert Fitz Randolph was born on 19 Jul 1712 in…
Happy Birthday Thomas L. Antrim
Thomas L. Antrim (1686-1732) Thomas L. Antrim was born on 30 Nov 1686 in Northampton,…
DIY Beer Tasting
What to do with all that beer? A couple months ago, during an extended weekend…
Sally Rockwell
Sarah “Sally” Rockwell (1786-1849) Sarah Rockwell was born on 04 Apr 1786 in Warwick, Orange,…
Sally’s Photos – Page #01 – Farm and Family
Farm and Family Sally’s album starts in about 1920 when she was a teenager. Her…
My Great Aunt Already Did Our Family Tree
Lucky for me, someone else already did my genealogy I’m really am interested in my…
Happy Birthday John Frost
John Frost (1754-1822) John Frost was born on 03 Jan 1754 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts,…
13 August 1918 Letter from Cousin Donald
Floyd’s 11-year old cousin Donald James Phillips wrote a very newsy article. His account of…
Happy Birthday Augusta Baumann
Augusta Baumann (1840-1900) Augusta Baumann was born on 02 Oct 1840 in Germany as the…
Down home with the Estes family…and bottles, bombers and growlers
I really don’t want to be older than I already am, but I sometimes wish…
The Estes Family book is now available!
Words cannot express how thrilled I am to announce that my book, “The Estes Family,”…
Happy Birthday Hannah Miner
Hannah Miner (1671-~1708) Birth Hannah Miner was born on 21 Apr 1671 as the third…
Edward Hall (1727-1807)
Edward Hall was born on 18 Jul 1727 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, as the second…
4 August 1918 A Day of Rest At Sea
Like in 2019, August 4th in 1918 was a Sunday. It was a day of…
Happy Birthday Barbara Mary Stadler
Barbara Mary Stadler (1844-1904) Barbara Mary Stadler was born 172 years ago on 23 Aug…
26 July 1918 Camp Stuart
After a short night of sleep in a real bed, Floyd woke up to his…
Clueless – Who are these people?
This photo fell out of a box one day. It has no label other than…
Knut Olson Aldalen
Knut Olson Aldalen (1787-1851) Knut Olson Aldalen was born in 1787 at the Aldahl farm…
Going back 102 years to 18 October 1915
Most days of most lives are “ordinary.” But our ordinary is likely very different than…
John Estes
John Estes (1800-1859) John Estes was born about 1800 in Kentucky as the second child…
Going back 347 years to 15 November 1670
Most days of most lives are “ordinary.” But, our ordinary is likely very different than…
Sally’s Photos – Page #25 – Ervin Anklam Wedding plus
Ervin Anklam Wedding plus The 25th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…
Sally’s Photos – Page #47 – People and Indian School
People and Indian School The 47th and final page of Sally’s photo album featured many…
Happy Birthday Oliver Selam Boyce
Oliver Selam Boyce (1827-1878) Oliver Selam Boyce was born on 30 Apr 1827 in Springfield,…
Happy Birthday Katharina Barbara Muench
Katharina Barbara Muench was born and baptized on 04 Mar 1810 in Obrigheim, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg,…
Hello world! – Again!
We are back! If anyone happened to notice, we were offline for a while. After…
Happy Birthday Elizabeth Plumb
Elizabeth Plumb (1669-1747) Elizabeth Plumb was born on 01 Nov 1669 as the first child…
Ole Knutson Aldahl
Ole Knutson Aldahl (1814-1890) Ole Knutson Aldahl was born in 1814 (probably), but we don’t…
Suffrage: 1951
As we have seen in earlier posts, women fought to gain full voting rights, missed…
Happy Birthday Mildred Holland
Mildred Holland (1779-1854) Today is the 238th anniversary of the birth of Mildred Holland. She was…
Happy Birthday Catherine Leifheite
Catherine Leifheite (1796-1872) Catherine Leifheite was born on 29 Dec 1796 in Rensselaer, New York….
Sally’s Photos – Page #16 – Winter in Marathon Park
Winter in Marathon Park The 16th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…
Elizabeth Linville
Elizabeth Linville (~1842->1871) Elizabeth A. Linville was born about 1842 in Callaway County, Missouri, as…
Read my new storybook, “The Little Driller”
When Bennett and his son Merlin hear a strange scratching sound inside the granary, they…
It’s almost time – Rochester Craft Beer Expo!
Rochester Craft Beer Expo – 2016 We are only a few weeks away from the…
Sally’s Photos – Page #31 – Eau Claire Dells and Parade
Eau Claire Dells and parade The 31st page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…
Happy Birthday Genet Boyes
Genet Boyes (1754-1845) Genet Boyes was born on 25 Aug 1754 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New…
Happy Birthday Ragnild Bjornsdtr Skolt
Ragnild Bjornsdtr Skolt (1809-1900) Ragnild Bjornsdtr Skolt was born on 04 Jul 1809 in Skolt,…
Happy Birthday Bernard Meyer
Bernard Meyer was born on 26 Apr 1809 in Germany. His name has been spelled…
Peter Holland McCall
Peter Holland McCall (1800-1867) Peter Holland McCall was born in 1800 in Glade Hill, Franklin,…
Happy Birthday Zilpha Hodges
Zilpha Hodges (1807-1884) Zilpha Hodges was born on 18 Jan 1807 in Franklin, Virginia, as…
Why study your family history?
I have been asked on more than one occasion why I am so interested in…
Happy Birthday Edward Morris III
Edward Morris (1688-1769) Edward Morris was born on 09 Nov 1688 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts…
Ready, set, go! (FamilyPast.Expert is open for business)
It’s official! 2016 is here and with it comes the official opening of Family Past…
Happy Birthday Lona Iona Fawcett
Lona Iona Fawcett (1902-1973) Lona Iona Fawcett was born on 28 Jun 1902 in Sac…
Happy Birthday Friedrich Samuel Aschbrenner
Friedrich Samuel Aschbrenner (1810-1885) Friedrich Samuel Aschbrenner was born on 19 Oct 1810 in Posen,…
23 October 1918 Inquisitive Letter from Uncle Clarence
Floyd’s uncle Clarence Arthur Phillips wrote to Floyd who was still in France. Clarence was…
John Webster
John Webster (1718-1800) John Webster was born on 22 Apr 1718 in Plainfield, Essex, New…
Maimed and Murdered
Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting twig (or nut) appears somewhere…
Happy Birthday Joseph Baldwin
Joseph Baldwin (1751-1844) Joseph Baldwin, signature Birth Joseph Baldwin was born on 13 Sep 1751…
Happy Birthday Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender
Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender (1848-1936) Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender Aschbrenner. Bertha Auguste Henriette Kluender was…
Elizabeth Baldwin (1771-1810)
Elizabeth Baldwin was born on 11 Apr 1771 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut as the…
Margaret Fitz Randolph
Margaret Fitz Randolph (1744-1833) Margaret Fitz Randolph was born on 01 May 1744 in Essex,…
Farris Will Not Swing for A While
There was a man named John Farris… Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or…
Happy Birthday George Brownell
George Brownell (1711-1800) George Brownell was born on 21 Jun 1711 in Little Compton, Newport,…
Happy Birthday Martha Eldridge
Martha Eldridge (1667-<1735) Martha Eldridge was born on 20 Apr 1667 in Driffield, Gloucestershire, England,…
