John Bennett (1786-1837) John Bennett was born on 04 Apr 1786 in Orange, New York,…

Scenes and People The 40th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

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

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

As August began, Floyd found himself learning the routine of life on board the USS…

Peter Morris Cornell (1829-1892) The search for Peter Cornell started fairly early in my adulthood…

Elvira Mary Palmer was born on 06 Aug 1837 in New York as the first…

Spider Lake and Camp Wakanda The 22nd page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…

Margaret worked hard to make pancakes for everyone… but where did they all go? Based…

Snow and Golf Sally (second from right) and friends enjoying winter. Sally (back, far left)…

Roseanna Fuller (1759-1844) Roseanna Fuller was born on 16 May 1759 in Amenia, Dutchess, New…

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

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

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

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

Hope Borden (1747-<1810) Hope Borden was born on 28 Oct 1747 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode…

Curtis & Yale Friends The eleventh page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

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

Costumed, Water, and Winter Hiking The 19th page of Sally’s photo album featured photos of…

In the first in what will become a regular series of birthday remembrances, I’m taking…

Katharina Barbara Muench was born and baptized on 04 Mar 1810 in Obrigheim, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg,…

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

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

Samuel Russell (1733-~1801) Today is the 283rd  anniversary of the birth of Samuel Russell. Born…

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

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

Friedrich Samuel Aschbrenner (1810-1885) Friedrich Samuel Aschbrenner was born on 19 Oct 1810 in Posen,…

Barebo Engebretsdtr Torset (1848-1940) Barebo Engebretsdtr Torset was born on 09 Mar 1848 in Endredokken,…

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

This is the third post in our series on women’s suffrage. In the first post…

Hannah Tolman (1642-1729) Hannah Tolman was born on 27 Jul 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts…

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

Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting twig (or nut) appears somewhere…

Rebecca Hallett (1675-1730) Rebecca Hallett was born on 31 Aug 1675 in Astoria, Queens, New…

Words cannot express how thrilled I am to announce that my book, “The Estes Family,”…

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

Barbara Mary Stadler (1844-1904) Barbara Mary Stadler was born 172 years ago on 23 Aug…

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

Warren Steele Doss, a “cousin” from the McCall side of the family helped with the…

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

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

Thomas Holmes (1744-1776) This birthday post was originally published in April 2016. Later, while working…

Thomas Leland Estes (1896-1968) Thomas Leland Estes was born on 28 Mar 1896 in Castana,…

Carl F. Fehlhaber (1845-1922) Carl F. Fehlhaber was born on 11 Feb 1845 in Posen,…

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

Step into the long, lazy days of 1940s and 1950s summers in southern Minnesota, where…

Eliezer Fisher (1663-1733) Eliezer Fisher was born on 08 Jul 1663 in Dedham, Massachusetts, as…

When my parents recently gave me a pretty box full of miscellaneous stuff, I was…

A guest post by Joel. leg·a·cy/ˈleɡəsē/ nounnoun: legacy; plural noun: legacies the long-lasting impact of…

Gals and Farm and Family Sally Aschbrenner is in back row, third from left. Elizabeth…

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

John Estes (1800-1859) John Estes was born about 1800 in Kentucky as the second child…

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

Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting twig (or nut) appears somewhere…

Zachariah Miller (1791-1869) Zachariah Miller was born on 01 Apr 1791 in New York. The…

This is the fourth post in our series on women’s suffrage. In the first post…

Ole Knutson Aldahl (1814-1890) Ole Knutson Aldahl was born in 1814 (probably), but we don’t…

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

Timothy Johnson (1792-1871) Timothy Johnson was born on 28 Jun 1792 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut,…

Scenery, Family, and a Wedding The 18th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…

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

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

George Brownell (1711-1800) George Brownell was born on 21 Jun 1711 in Little Compton, Newport,…

It’s official! I have become approved as a member of the Daughters of the American…

Torkjel Johannesson Ovstedal (1772-1838) Torkjel Johannesson Ovstedal was born in 1772 on the Ovstedal farm,…

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

Sarah “Sally” Rockwell (1786-1849) Sarah Rockwell was born on 04 Apr 1786 in Warwick, Orange,…

Clara Christine Elsabe Freese (1859-1943) Clara Christine Elsabe Freese was born on 29 Jun 1859…

Washington D.C. The 42nd page of Sally’s photo album takes us back to Washington D.C….

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

DNA and your family history A relatively new addition to the list of tools that…

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

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

Stephen Bacon (1677-1766) Stephen Bacon was born on 21 Aug 1677 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts,…

Archilles James Linville (1825->1900) Archilles James Linville was born in Mar 1825 in Virginia. He…

Jane has been in our family tree for quite some time but her surname has…

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

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

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

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

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

Guy Allison Phillips (1866-1940) Guy Allison Phillips was born on 13 May 1866 in Clarence,…

It is an exciting day when the mailman brings me a box containing books that…

Christian Bennett Christianson (1874-1961) Christian Bennett Christianson was born on 28 Sep 1874 in Udolpho…

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

Elizabeth Partridge (1688-1768) Elizabeth Partridge was born on 07 Oct 1688 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts,…

Johann Krueger (1841-1911) I was just texting with a friend earlier this week about how…

Robert Boyes (1743-1803) Happy 273rd Birth Anniversary to Revolutionary War soldier, Robert Boyes. Robert Boyes…

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

One of Floyd’s brothers wrote him a letter and signed it “Balsy.” Comparing handwriting and…

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

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

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

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

As our class reunion approached, a wise friend who now resides far away decided that…

Carl Friedrich Fehlhaber (1803-1885) Birth and Marriage Happy birthday to Carl Friedrich Fehlhaber who was…

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

My latest book, “The Aldahl Family,” is now available. Nearly all my time in 2020…