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

Johann Carl Friedrich Lemke (1845-????) Johann Carl Friedrich Lemke was born on 22 May 1845…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace talks were just beginning in Paris and people back home were thinking about Floyd…

Can you imagine not knowing where your son was or whether he was safe? Gertrude…

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

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

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

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

John Borden (1729-1801) Two hundred and eighty-seven years ago, John Borden was born on 12…

Edward Hall was born on 18 Jul 1727 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, as the second…

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

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

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

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

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

Lucky for me, someone else already did my genealogy I’m really am interested in my…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mostly Washington The 45th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos mostly…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ragnild Torkjelsdtr Ofstedal (1816-1880) Ragnild was another ancestor without a precisely known birth date, so…

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

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

We have come to the end of the WWI journey for Floyd Boyce Phillips. After…

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

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,…

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

When we last left Floyd, he was asleep on board a Norfolk & Western train…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elizabeth Linville (~1842->1871) Elizabeth A. Linville was born about 1842 in Callaway County, Missouri, as…

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

What to do with all that beer? A couple months ago, during an extended weekend…

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

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

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

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

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

Some letters are more entertaining than others. This one is a gem. Albert Harold Phillips…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

George Lyon (1662-1694) George Lyon was born on 16 Dec 1662 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts,…

Albert Phillips wrote a long overdue but very lengthy letter to his brother Floyd, who…

Camp Wakanda and more The 14th 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…

In this seemingly obligatory letter, Guy Phillips wrote from Canada to his son Floyd who…

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

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

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

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

Abraham Bennett Sr. (1715-1777) Abraham Bennett Sr. was born on 06 Jun 1715 in Fairfield,…

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

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

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

Emilie Friedericke Luise Draeger (1850-1910) Emilie Friedericke Luise Draeger was born on 12 Oct 1850…

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