Remiro Spicer recovered from injury and months at the infamous Andersonville prison to raise a family in Upstate New York
I consider this my first "genealogy" moment. 1984. I was 9 years old.
Abel and Jessie Lee Lynch were just about to retire to the good life down in Florida, when.....
Nels Sommer & Ane Marie Jonasen met and married in Denmark and had their first two children there before emigrating to Rockford, Illinois.
A very active aunt, Etta(Etus)Prihoda (Berger), involved my sister and I in the Hungarian cottage, House of Pacific Relations in San Diego
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and an ongoing interest in genealogy.
This story is about the factors that entered into my decision to delve into the family history and how it came to be.
Long Lost Glasscocks: The Interesting Story of Glasscock Cousins who changed their name to Ballard in Autauga/Chilton/Elmore Co. Alabama..
Work, work, work - Morning, noon and night. Time to sleep? What, I need to find my ancestors?
Robert & Dick met at Brown University in 1979. They share fifteen direct Ancestors, and more common lines of descent.
I am trying to preserve history, to keep people and places of my ancestors from passing into history, without acknowledgement or notice, und
The Effects of Mental Illness in Families & How It Affected My Father's Relationship with His Brother
A scarred wooden toy chest reveals the story of an ambitious New York box maker and the tragic end of a family business.
This episode of my life events deals with my relations with my grandfather, Mr. Stokes, not Grandfather Stokes, "Mr. Stokes."
During the course of my genealogy work, I have discovered and connected with cousins from all my family branches. Here are some lessons.
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.
The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.
If Sholom Tulbowitz had gone to Dvinsk instead of Rostov, his Ratner descendants might have grown up in Perm instead of Albany.