Family Stories

October 16, 2015 Dana 2 Comments 0 min read

Help Please! Navy Portrait, but Which War?

This is a photo I scanned while at my mom’s a few weeks ago. I know which part of my

October 13, 2015 Dana 2 Comments 1 min read

After writing about my Grandmother, Evelyn (Dickson) Kaechle, this past weekend, I decided to share some of her old family

October 10, 2015 Dana 4 Comments 3 min read

My grandmother, Evelyn (Dickson) Kaechle, was born 100 years ago today. Though she died in 2004 at the age of

October 8, 2015 Dana 2 Comments 4 min read

Earlier this year, I wrote about my grandmother’s grandfather, Reuben H. Ward. According to my grandmother’s story, he was a

September 29, 2015 Dana 3 Comments 2 min read

Do you have a pile of photographs waiting to be scanned? Do you have old photo albums which you want

September 24, 2015 Dana 7 Comments 1 min read

Cousin Bait. That’s one of the reasons I, and other genealogists, blog. In other words, we’re hoping relatives will find

September 12, 2015 Dana 4 Comments 2 min read

My husband I do not share any direct ancestors. However, my father’s DNA test led to a surprising discovery of

September 2, 2015 Dana 4 Comments 0 min read

How do you share your genealogy work? For the past couple of months, I’ve been working on a family history

July 18, 2015 Dana 4 Comments 3 min read

This week I had a breakthrough on my Snavely ancestors. I knew my 4x great grandfather, Jacob Coppenbarger (1769-1841) married

June 24, 2015 Dana 0 Comments 2 min read

While trying to piece together the Correy family puzzle, I came across a book titled Reports of Cases Decided by