Daughters of The American Revolution
I am working on a plan. As I hit retirement, I ask myself, what do I want? What do I want to leave behind? Important…
Museum pieces
I was googling ancestors looking for more entries into the DAR. I know I have a fairly large group of military ancestors. It is my…
John Alden’s Rifle
It’s exciting to discover the next generation of ancestors. It’s even more exciting to discover where they lived and find that their home still stands….
The Joy of Research Logs
If you read my previous post, then you would have read my praises on research logs. To summarize, I have little time to research and…
The Jacob Allen House
Today, researchers have not only the internet to help us find details, facts and information but we have the internet to find support, friends and…
Allen Family | Ancestral Grandparents | Family Treasures | Family Writing | Finding my way through Geneaology | The Allen Gazette
Celebrating The Allen Gazette, 100 years old!
I was researching this weekend and when I came upon my original copy of The Allen Gazette, I noted the date, 1917. It is 100…
Moms in Statues
I find family history more embracable when there are physical connections that we can see and touch. It shows us in our present time that…
The Royals
Researching can take painstakingly tiny steps. Every link can take hour to years to document or prove. it can feel like you crawl inch by…
Zaccheus Gould and Me
It can be hard to feel a connection to your Ancestral grandparents. That is why I adore finding physical connections to their lives. When I…
Women
Surprisingly, I find people that do not research their maternal ancestors. I don’t know how you leave those stones unturned, And it’s not necessarily true…