All My Ancestors

Today’s newspaper has a cover story in the Life section about popcorn balls, tying it to Halloween and fall. One of my favorite memories is making popcorn balls with my granddad.
My mom’s parents lived in South Dakota in an old house that I suspect was built about 1880. The kitchen had a sloping [...]

Here’s a good example of answering one question but getting at least two more. When was this photo taken and who is the subject?

Due to my recent posting about John Wright Osborne, I’ve made another family connection. I’ve very glad as one of my goals is to find descendants for each of the generation [...]

So many topics floating through my head.
I’ll pick two–more info about the Missouri Blair line and research in Oklahoma.
I found the burial site of the governor’s father–he’s in the same cemetery in Jefferson City as the governor. As is the governor’s brother Sam C. Blair, US Attorney, and a third brother, William Clark Blair. [...]

After I wrote about cousin John Wright earlier in the week, I decided to look again at his family.
Finding his Civil War questionnaire was accomplished early in my genealogical endeavors. In going back through his file, for example, I found that he’d been in Camp Douglas, the prisoner of war camp for Confederates. [...]

John and I are first cousins, 3 times removed. His father Thomas (1810-1871) and my great-great grandfather John (1808-1865) were brothers. They were two of the ten (!) sons of Jonathan and Martha Roland Osborne of Mecklenburg and Haywood Counties, North Carolina.
I first found John years ago when I was searching through the [...]

This morning I was chatting with a friend whose great-uncle had died. She was remembering that when she used to visit this aunt and uncle down in Haskell, Texas, that they always gave her Dr. Pepper, in a glass bottle. For a person of her age (read: young), I suppose a glass bottle [...]

I know I’m late to this topic, but the two phrases that keep repeating in my head came at the end of the show.
For those of you who didn’t see it, it’s the story of two people who discover through DNA testing that they are related. One is Vy Higginson, an African American [...]

One of the first things I saw in Ireland was this:

Who knew there were palm trees in Ireland? I certainly didn’t.
And then one of our side trips took us to Newgrange. What a wonderful site. I’m so glad my traveling companions made arrangements for this excursion.  This mound is older than the [...]