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

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

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

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

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George Leifheite Miller (1830-1921) George Leifheite Miller was born on 14 Oct 1830 in Nassau,…

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

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

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

Silence Hickock (1713-1795) Silence Hickock was born on 19 Sep 1713 in Waterbury, New Haven,…

In observance of Thank Your Mentor Day, I am writing about the importance of having…

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

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

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

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

It has come to my attention that thus far this blog has covered all ancestors…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friends and Animals The ninth page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

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

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

With the new year comes new adventures. I’m completely retired now and have officially launched my…

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

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

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

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

Floyd spent another day in the middle of the Atlantic. He ate, rested, and took…

Joanna Friedericke Streich (1824-1906) Joanna Friedericke Streich was born on 08 Nov 1824 in Dobberphul,…

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

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

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

Gertrude wrote a letter to Floyd on the 1st anniversary of his departure for service…

Picnic and Party The tenth page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

Thomas L. Antrim (1686-1732) Thomas L. Antrim was born on 30 Nov 1686 in Northampton,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ludwig Stolp (1824-1894) Ludwig Stolp was born on 13 Mar 1824 in Rehe, Nassau, Germany,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are so many places on the internet that may have information about your ancestors….

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

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

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

Peter Christianson Paaverud was believed to have been born in 1697, but an exact date…

Katherine Hartshorne (1682-1759) Katherine Hartshorne was born on 02 May 1682 in Middletown, Monmouth, New…

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

Josiah Fuller (1729/30-1797) It has been verified that Josiah Fuller is in our family tree,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gertrude Lovin Boyce Phillips had to send two of her sons, Albert and Floyd, off…