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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Engebret Asleson Torset (1814-1885) Engebret Asleson Torset was born on 16 Jul 1814 in Nes…

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

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

Pierce Brownell (1781-~1802) Pierce Brownell is one of those ancestors who can frustrate his descendants….

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

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

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

Guttorm Hillson Wenaas (1828-1913) Guttorm Hillson Wenaas was born on 17 Dec 1828 in Nes…

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

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

“Spell it Kümmel or Kuemmel, but pronounce it Kimmel.” Wausau Daily Herald, 14 September 1934…

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

Our German ancestors are challenging. The language barrier, changing political boundaries, and lack of records,…

Priscilla (1768-1851) Priscilla was born 29 May 1768 in New York. But, we don’t even…

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

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

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

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

Kristi Knudsdr (1807-1884) Knudsdr, Knudsdtr, and Knudsdatter are three ways that her name was written….

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have been asked on more than one occasion why I am so interested in…

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

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

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

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

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

Birgit Nilsdtr Lostegaard (1843-1887) Birth Birgit Nilsdtr Lostegaard was born on 23 Feb 1843 on…

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

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

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

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

The Meyer Family book is now available.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Floyd’s youngest brother, Charles, then age 20, was working on the farm in Canada when…

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

Camp Wakanda and more The 14th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

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

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

I am very excited to announce that my book “The Christianson Family” is now available….

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

Hiking, Kids, and Madison The 20th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of…

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

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…

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

Caroline Hilson (1863-1940) Today is the 153rd anniversary of the birth of Caroline Hilson. Birth…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jacob B. Meyer (1836-1887) Jacob B. Meyer was born on 22 Feb 1836 in Hettingen,…

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

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

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

Samuel Camfield (1645-1690) Baptism Samuel Camfield was born about Oct 1645 in New Haven, New…

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

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

Catherine Elisabeth Orth (1825-1897) Catherine Elisabeth Orth was born on 16 Mar 1825 in Holienroth,…

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

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

Jacob W. Phillips (1781-1847) Jacob W. Phillips was born on 27 Sep 1781 in Claverack,…

Farm and Falls The thirteenth page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos…

Included in a mess of loose photos in a box at my parents’ house that…

After several days on the boat, life was probably getting a bit monotonous. Floyd reported…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lars Olson Aldahl (1856-1940) Lars Olson Aldahl was born on 24 Nov 1856 in Voss,…

Gertrude Lovin Boyce  (1865-1957) Gertrude has made it easy for us to know about her…

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

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

There was a man named John Farris… Nearly every week, a mystery is solved or…

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