William Johnson Peelle was my great-grandfather.  He was also a carpenter, farmer, and all around jack of all trades.  He kept a journal from 1878...

  Rod’s 4th-great-grandfather Jesse Klinefelter and multiple of his brothers were steamboat pilots and captains.  Initially, they piloted boats on the Ohio River primarily between...

This is a follow on to my article “Last of His Generation.”  In that article, I touched on the physical and mental strength of my...

Sometimes things aren’t as they are portrayed – even when it comes to family.   Thomas & Ellen Hartnett Family Jury-Hartnett Family   On February...

Often newspaper articles, small mentions, and even advertisements have given me a lead to research, given some details in someone's life, or helped bring a...

Lots of patterns exist in the birthdays in our families. Certain months have lots of birthdays. Situations where birthdays fall multiple days in a row...

I never met my father-in-law James Thomson, as he died when my husband was only six years old. However, I know that he was a...

Living in rural Kansas, Grandma Nellie and Grandpa Joe had very few conveniences of modern life. Over the years, they raised a large family.  To...

McCracken Family (Photo: Rennett's Studio; copyright now owned by L. Thomson) Although others were born after him, my dad was the last of his generation...

The Joke Dad always joked that Mom was related to everyone east of the Frisco Railroad.  She wasn't actually related to everyone.  It just seemed...