Rest of Story – Hers
I recently wrote about Ernest Eugene Ricketts who was captured while serving for the U.S. Navy, help prisoner at Cabannatun and rescued by the Army… Read More »Rest of Story – Hers
Rest of the Story
When researching a distant cousin, do you ever run across some information about that cousin that just begs you to research more of the story?… Read More »Rest of the Story
Details Needed
‘Do you ever run across some information that does fill in the birth-marriage-or-death blanks that leave a lot of questions. That’s the situation I’m in… Read More »Details Needed
Mothers in My Tree
#52Ancestors #MothersDay (Maiden names are being used) (3) My Mom Four children 1 died infancy (5) Winnie Letha Currey Three children 1 died in infancy… Read More »Mothers in My Tree
Sarah Jane Thompson
Sarah Jane Thompson was born on 7 Aug 1843 in Warrick, Indiana, United States.1–9 She moved to Iowa with her parents in 1847.9 In 1850,… Read More »Sarah Jane Thompson
Throwback Thursday
Sarah Jane Thompson Briles
Sarah Briles Obituary
Do you ever find you have a record that you didn’t think you had tucked away somewhere? That’s what happened with me. I didn’t have… Read More »Sarah Briles Obituary
Same Name
This week’s #52Ancestors prompt is ‘Name’s the Same’. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, then you are aware that my research involves… Read More »Same Name
My Ahnentafel
It’s almost the new year and time again for resolutions. Perhaps you’ve attempted Thomas MacEntee’s Genealogy Do-Over or Amy Johnson Crowe’s ’52 Ancestors’ blog prompts… Read More »My Ahnentafel
100 Years Ago
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: 1) Determine where your ancestral families were on 18 May… Read More »100 Years Ago