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

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

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

Charlotte Johnson (1820-1904) Charlotte Johnson was born on 14 Sep 1820 in Genesee, New York,…

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

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

I am quite humbled to have been nominated and beyond thrilled to have been selected…

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

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

Catherine Leifheite (1796-1872) Catherine Leifheite was born on 29 Dec 1796 in Rensselaer, New York….

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

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

Jerusha Bennett (circa 1811 – 1849) Happy Birthday Jerusha! We know you had a birthday…

People and camp The 37th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the last post in this series, we saw a letter that Gertrude Lovin Boyce…

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

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

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

Nathaniel Collins (1641/42-1684) We haven’t been this far back in time for a while. It…

This is how much beer they normally pour. The Program for the 2016 Rochester Craft…

We are back! If anyone happened to notice, we were offline for a while. After…

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

This past week has been especially rough for many of us. Lucky for me, my…

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

Amelia A. Brace (1844-1926) Amelia A. Brace was born on 22 Mar 1844 in Akron,…

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

Camp and Damsels in Distress The 23rd page of Sally’s photo album continues to show…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Edward Morris (1688-1769) Edward Morris was born on 09 Nov 1688 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts…

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

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

John Bacon (1721-1775) It seems quite appropriate to celebrate John Bacon’s birthday on Memorial Day….

This gal was a 1948 graduate. Her senior portrait was taken by Anderson in Austin,…

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

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

John Frost (1754-1822) John Frost was born on 03 Jan 1754 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts,…

Cars and Farm The 12th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

Thomas Borden (1682-1745) Thomas Borden was born on 13 Dec 1682 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode…

The Lodge The 41st page of Sally’s photo album contained photos of Sally at a…

Alice Rosalie Fehlhaber (1880-1970) Alice Rosalie Fehlhaber was born on 10 September 1880 in the…

Wood for breakfast The 15th page of Sally’s photo album featured photos of family and…

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

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

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

It’s good to know that Floyd was confident in the ability of the gunners, destroyers,…

Leona Catherine Miller (1899-1976) Leona Catherine Miller was born on 26 Aug 1899 in rural…

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

This is the sixth installment of the series on the 19th amendment. Thus far, we’ve…

As we have seen in earlier posts, women fought to gain full voting rights, missed…

As part of a variety of refreshments we provided at an 80th birthday party this…

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

As the boat got closer to Europe, danger increased. Floyd didn’t share much detail though….

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rochester Minnesota, like a lot of places, is exploding with craft beer. In the last…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Floyd’s uncle Clarence Arthur Phillips wrote to Floyd who was still in France. Clarence was…

Genet Boyes (1754-1845) Genet Boyes was born on 25 Aug 1754 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New…

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

Elizabeth Bowen Morris (1661-1743) Elizabeth Bowen was born on 26 Jan 1660/61 in Roxbury, Suffolk,…

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