Margaret Miller (1676-1764) Today we remember Margaret Miller who was born 340 years ago. She was…

Camping is always an adventure… especially when raccoons are around! Camping with Raccoons is a…

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

Hallstein Nilson Haugveie (1796-1891) Hallstein Nilson Haugveie was born very late in 1796 in Hemsedal,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Philander Baldwin (1809-1876) Arrival at Watertown Two hundred and seven years ago today, 16 April…

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

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

When I started on this book in May 2022, I never imagined that I would…

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

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

Wilhelmina Mathwich (1817-1899) Wilhelmina Mathwich was born in 1817 in Hansfelde, Posen, Prussia. There are…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This first post in the series finds Floyd still on American soil. Floyd was inducted…

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

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

Philip David Krueger (16 Oct 1990 – 24 Jul 1992) 24 July 2017. This is…

The War was over and Floyd was back in Illinois, right? WRONG! He celebrated his…

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

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

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

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

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

Rochester Craft Beer Expo – 2016 We are only a few weeks away from the…

It’s official! 2016 is here and with it comes the official opening of Family Past…

The Court set the rate for liquors, diets, and lodging When searching for some Virginia…

Gottfried Friederick Draeger (1821-1899) Gottfried Friederick Draeger was born on 12 Jan 1821 in Dobberphul,…

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

Bennett Nils Christianson (1902-2000) This week of each year is always a little tough. For so…

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

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

As their departure grew nearer, Floyd and his fellow soldiers were issued equipment, inspected, examined,…

2013. SocialICE. Last night we attended our seventh annual SocialICE. This is the eighth year…

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

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

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

It’s done! It’s done! It’s finally done! I’m happy to announce that I have completed…

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

We are related to the Estes of Estes Model Rockets Nearly every week, a mystery…

Marian in California and Miscellaneous Shots The 36th page of Sally’s photo album included many…

Girls and Relatives The fifth page of Sally’s photo album contained shots with friends and…

Girls Gone Wild 1917 Style Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or some interesting…

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

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

Glimpses of Our Trip to Laona, 1920 The fourth page of Sally’s photograph album was…

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

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

Bernhard Richard R Krueger (1873-1927) Bernhard Richard R Krueger was born on 18 Nov 1873…

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

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

Can you identify the guests at the wedding of Florence Dern and Ervin Anklam on…

These girls are possibly not all from the same family. They may be granddaughters of…

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

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

Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner (1904-1983) Happy Birthday Sally! Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner was born on 07 May…

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

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

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

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

Aschbrenners and Water The 26th 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,…

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

Family, Woods, and Water Elizabeth Lemke, front and center, and friends. Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner. Philip…

John M Meador (1734-1824) Birth John M. Meador was born on 14 Jul 1734 in…

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

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

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

Bernard Meyer was born on 26 Apr 1809 in Germany. His name has been spelled…

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

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

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

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

Gals and Kids and Relatives The sixth page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection…

Scenes and People The 40th 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,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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