Family History Nuggets

 I have done a previous post on how DNA may have helped verify a relationship in my family tree. But for this prompt I want to look at how ...

I think that a good screenplay could be developed around the life of my 2xgreat-grandmoteher Anna Helena (Schmitt) Fitzler. In May of 1858, ...

It was hard to think of an ancestor that I associated with this week's theme of solitude. After some thought I have decided to write abo...

 Emery and Esther Ogden were my maternal grandparents. Two given names and a shared surname that all begin with a vowel. That seems like a g...

Both my paternal and maternal grandparents lost their first child only two days after they were born. With this blog post, I am lighting two...