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

Barbo Eriksdatter Lostegaard (1807-1899) Barbo Eriksdatter Lostegaard was born on 09 Feb 1807 in Gol,…

Washington and Niagara Falls The 39th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

A good book and some meat for all three meals might have made things more…

When Bennett and his son Merlin hear a strange scratching sound inside the granary, they…

Augusta Baumann (1840-1900) Augusta Baumann was born on 02 Oct 1840 in Germany as the…

Live Y’ers The 27th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos taken…

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

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

Barbara Mary Meyer (1881-1972) Barbara Mary Meyer was born on 09 Jun 1881 in Mendota,…

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

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

Björn Christianson Rukke (1841-1932) Björn Christianson Rukke was born on 11 Nov 1841 on the…

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

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

Old Folks, Relatives, Soldiers, and the Clover Dairy Farm “Meditating” “First Lesson” “Prairie Schooner” “Old…

Martha Eldridge (1667-<1735) Martha Eldridge was born on 20 Apr 1667 in Driffield, Gloucestershire, England,…

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

Though the actual fighting stopped in November 1918, it took another six months of negotiations…

Oliver Selam Boyce (1827-1878) Oliver Selam Boyce was born on 30 Apr 1827 in Springfield,…

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

Thomas Holmes (1710/11-1796) Oh Wow! Studying Thomas for this birthday post has certainly unlocked another…

Marta Knudsdtr Horvei was born in about July 1789 on the Horvei farm in Voss,…

Aschbrenners and Water The 26th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a planner by nature. I like to…

On a recent vacation to the Black Hills of South Dakota, we discovered that besides…

Roy, the oldest of the Phillips brothers, penned a letter to his brother Floyd who…

Betsey Holmes (1800-1860) Betsey Holmes was born on 01 Mar 1800 in Stonington, New London,…

Birgit Tolleivsdatter Uppsata was born on 29 Sep 1760 in Ål, Buskerud, Norway. Uppsala has…

Hollywood and Family The 24th page of Sally’s photo album featured photos that were sent…

After a short night of sleep in a real bed, Floyd woke up to his…

Transportation, Scenery, Extended Family, and School The second page of Sally’s photo album featured a…

Ernestine-Caroline Neuman (1811-1873) Ernestine-Caroline Neuman was born on 23 Sep 1811 in Posen, Prussia, Germany. The…

Jorand Christiansdtr Rukke (1841-1906) Jorand Christiansdtr Rukke was born on 08 Apr 1838 in Nes,…

Mary Loker (1680-1767) Mary Loker was born on 03 Aug 1680 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts,…

Elizabeth Plumb (1669-1747) Elizabeth Plumb was born on 01 Nov 1669 as the first child…

This past week was a continuation of the study of the probate for William McCall’s…

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

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

My time for family history was limited this week and will likely be non-existent next…

Madison, Dells, Kids The 21st page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

Thankful Badcock (1667/68 – 1718) Today is the 348th anniversary of the birth of Thankful…

Getting started with your family tree – tips for the young and young at heart….

Helen Lucina Baldwin (1855-1932) Helen Baldwin Fawcett (1855-1932) Helen Lucina Baldwin was born on 05…

Albert “Tom” Aveldo Phillips (1841-1925) Albert Aveldo Phillips was born on 26 Dec 1841 in…

This week we remember Frieda Lemke who was born 135 years ago today. Henriette Clara…

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

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

Joseph Johnson (1676/77-1739) Birth Joseph Johnson was born 339 years ago today, on 09 Mar 1676/77¹,…

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

Samual Christopher McCall (1833-1922) Samual Christopher McCall was born on 18 Jan 1833 in Franklin…

Remember that letter that Arthur wrote to his brother Floyd back in late January? The…

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

Most days of most lives are “ordinary.” But our ordinary is likely very different than…

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

Coolidge comes to town The 29th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

Like in 2019, August 4th in 1918 was a Sunday. It was a day of…

Not only did Floyd have to miss celebrating his birthday and Christmas with his family,…

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

People and Indian School The 47th and final page of Sally’s photo album featured many…

William Riley Estes (1833-1880) William Riley Estes was born in 1833 (or so) in Callaway,…

In his last journal entry for many months, Floyd gives a summary of what happened…

Most days of most lives are “ordinary.” But, our ordinary is likely very different than…

John Thomas Estes (1856-1947) Birth and Youth John Thomas Estes was born on 07 May…

I was excited a week ago when I started thinking about the event. But now, the…

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

Johann Friederick Streich (1784-1852) It is amazing that we know anything about Johann. He didn’t…

Frederick A Helmut Aschbrenner (1874-1968) Frederick A Helmut Aschbrenner was born on 03 Aug 1874…

I have been asked on more than one occasion why I am so interested in…

Margaret Spike (1781->1855) Margaret Spike was born on 16 Mar 1781 in Saratoga, Saratoga, New…

Winter in Marathon Park The 16th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

Most days of most lives are “ordinary.” But, our ordinary is likely very different than…

Collaboration Beer Dinner  Forager, Surly, Fulton and Toppling Goliath I just attended my first collaboration…

Sunday at Camp Stuart might not have been very exciting. There was probably a great…

Convert your old media to digital… Before it is too late! Restoring old media may…

Thomas Fawcett (1747/8-~1822) Today is the 268th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Fawcett. He…

Frank Palmer Miller (1874-1925) Frank Palmer Miller was born on 12 Feb 1874 in Big…

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

This photo fell out of a box one day. It has no label other than…

Wisconsin, Arlington, and Atlantic City The 44th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…

Who is this child? The photograph was part of a collection of photos originally owned…

Hooray! After months and months of effort, the Phillips book has finally been published. Though…

An Assortment Ice. Sally. Elizabeth Lemke and Sally Aschbrenner. Aschbrenner swimming, from left, Elsie, Fred,…

Adam Boyce (1787-1874) Birth Adam Boyce was born on 25 Jul 1787 in Londonderry, Rockingham,…

My brother-in-law brought to my attention, via Facebook, that today is National Drink Wine Day….

Daniel Harris (1653-1735) Daniel Harris was born on 16 Jul 1653 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut,…

Peter Holland McCall (1800-1867) Peter Holland McCall was born in 1800 in Glade Hill, Franklin,…

Joshua Wolcott (1708-1753) Birth Joshua Wolcott was born on 15 Jun 1708 in Wethersfield, Hartford,…

Jane Elizabeth Cornell (1853-1942) Jane Elizabeth Cornell was born on 17 Jul 1853 in Grass…

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

Lars Olson Aldahl (1856-1940) Lars Olson Aldahl was born on 24 Nov 1856 in Voss,…

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

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

Margaret Olga Aldahl (1902-1972) Margaret Olga Aldahl was born on 21 Jan 1902 at home…

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

Jacob W. Phillips (1781-1847) Jacob W. Phillips was born on 27 Sep 1781 in Claverack,…

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

Joseph Frost (1783-1857) Joseph Frost was born on 04 Jul 1783 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts,…

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