With the holiday weekend coming up, it seems like a good time to share some fun short stories of Joe and Nellie (Peelle) McCracken’s kids....

Family history is about facts and stories.  However, it is also interesting to look at it from a statistical perspective.  Statistics about a family can...

  Newspapers reported that although they could report on John Peelle’s stories, a person had to hear them directly from John to properly appreciate them. ...

Not a lot is known about my great-great grandfather Joseph Lewis Ellis’ brother Stephen.  However, his life and the life of those around him must...

Three Generations In 1906, three generations of the Peelle family moved to the Fish farm southeast of Hiatville, Kansas.  The two-story house was nestled amongst...

  I don’t know if my Thomas ancestors lived near the most relatives of any of my family lines or not.  However, according to reports...

    Arthur Reid Thomson was only 16 years of age when he boarded a ship for America.  His grandfather, he claimed, was sending him...

    What if DNA hadn’t been discovered ?  Similarly, what if the United States was like some other countries that prohibited or severely limited...

I find that many of the stories that I write are about family secrets or at a minimum - things that were taboo or just...

    A few years back, I went to a reunion for my mother-in-law’s family.  I took charts (including the tri-fold shown above), my computer,...