I cannot stress the importance of tracking down records offline. It would be positively lovely if every document, record and trace of our ancestors were scanned and readily available online, wouldn’t it? Isn’t that every genealogist’s dream? But since
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
The Woodhulls of Orange County
Last night, I gave a presentation to my DAR chapter on the Woodhulls of Orange County, NY. Unfortunately, my camera quit recording 13 seconds into my presentation so there is no footage of me giving the actual talk. I’ve rerecorded
My First Best Friend – Family Search #52Stories Project
I’ve been really lax in keeping up with the #52stories project writing prompts from Family Search but this one caught my eye and I knew I had to tell the story of my first best friend, Kristi Petty. We have been
Lemaster & Cordle Family Resemblances
I have been quite unfortunate to have not found many genealogy references to the Lemaster or Cordle families from Lawrence and Boyd counties in Kentucky during the course of my research. They’ve been notoriously hard to document as many were