This story starts with a Seaman’s Certificate and ends with orphans, “servants,” George Washington’s hair, and a body donated to science.    The Certificate...

This is a collection of images of cars various families have owned going back into the 1960s and earlier.  Not nearly all the cars that...

WWII called people into many different roles.  Some were on the front lines and others made sure that the people on the front lines were...

Some families have gatherings weekly or monthly, others for major holidays, and others never get together at all.  When it comes to Joseph Andrew and...

Grasshoppers can be a nuisance.  However, when they turn into huge creatures with bright red legs and  long wings that work together to satisfy their...

  Sometimes a single event can totally change your life.  Rod’s Uncle Kenny (great-uncle, but referred to as uncle) was only 15 when an event...

Figuring out all the names, nicknames, ordering of names, and initials for a person is one of the great challenges in genealogy.  Sometimes the answer...

      When we think about people who settled along the trails westward, we often think about the hardships that they encountered.  We may...

Today, marriages come in many forms from the brief ceremony at the justice of the peace to elaborate events that go well beyond the ceremony. ...

In earlier years of our country, the call to serve the country often was given to groups of men in various locations.  Thus, it was...