Family Stories

February 13, 2015 Dana 3 Comments 1 min read

My Great, Great Grandmother Threw Up WHAT?!?

My great, great grandmother, Sarah Jane (Eastwood) Merrill, had evidently been ill for five years when a “marked change in

February 10, 2015 Dana 7 Comments 2 min read

My Vincent ancestors moved from Essex County, New Jersey to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the mid to late 1700s. During

February 8, 2015 Dana 0 Comments 2 min read

Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge tonight is to see if you have any ancestors or cousins that share your

February 7, 2015 Dana 0 Comments 2 min read

“His main occupation was a carpenter and cabinet maker finisher. He went to carpenter school in Wichita KS and helped

February 5, 2015 Dana 4 Comments 5 min read

At the age of 16, Emil (pronounced “Aim-uhl”) Peters had lived his entire life in the small town of Walton,

January 30, 2015 Dana 4 Comments 5 min read

Are you recording the stories of your life along with those of your ancestors? My great aunt spent decades doing

January 27, 2015 Dana 11 Comments 7 min read

The name “Kansas” first appeared on maps in 1854 when the Territory of Nebraska was divided and the southern portion

January 22, 2015 Dana 1 Comment 3 min read

“At dawn on September 19, 1737, three colonists and three Indians set off on the most peculiar ‘walk’ in Pennsylvania’s

January 20, 2015 Dana 9 Comments 4 min read

(Thanks to Amy Johnson Crow at “No Story Too Small” for creating “52 Ancestors” where we can share our ancestors

January 13, 2015 Dana 4 Comments 4 min read

My grandmother told the story of her grandfather, Reuben H Ward, a Methodist minister who was murdered. She said he