I have written before about the Woodhull Cemetery that my DAR chapter is wanting to preserve and restore. I’d been having quite a few roadblocks on the town level to getting official approval to make changes to the cemetery. One
The Importance of Speaking to the Living
I cannot stress the importance of speaking to your living relatives NOW before it’s too late. In my genealogy course I taught, that was practically my first tip to my students and right now, I’m truly needing to practice what
Confirming Family Stories
I have written previously about my Archer family many times and I positively love them. I think everyone has certain families in their tree that they are just fascinated with and the Archers are one of those families that I’m
Preserving the Papers of Captain Richard Caldwell, Blooming Grove, NY
In October 2016, I visited the Moffat Library for part of my genealogy course program to examine historic manuscripts. The Moffat Library had in their vaults a collection of letters from the Caldwell family of Salisbury Mills. Shockingly, these handwritten
The Honorable George Silas Peters
As I’ve recently begun working on my maternal grandmother’s side, I discovered my 3rd great uncle, George Silas Peters, was not only once mayor of Columbus, Ohio, he was also appointed by President Grover Cleveland to head out West to