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Solving 4th Stewart GGM’s Maiden Name

One of my Stewart roadblocks that I have been chipping away at has been my 4th great-grandmother, Minerva Stewart’s maiden name.  The Stewarts are their own roadblock, but not knowing who she was presented another, and I’m happy to say

Jill M. July 6, 2025July 7, 2025 cemetery, census, family history, genealogy, history, marriage record, mysteries, old records, pictures, research, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

John Wickham & Bemus Heights

I’m very fortunate to live within 15 minutes of where my 7th GGF and Revolutionary War patriot, John Wickham, was stationed for a time at Fort Montgomery, New York.  I’ve written before about visiting there and the surreal experience of

Jill M. November 12, 2023 family history, genealogy, history, military, Noble County, old records, Orange County, pictures, research, war, Wickham Read more

Finding Nancy Jane Wickham Archer

This is my first post in almost 10 months. I haven’t been writing at all or really working on my own genealogy this past year; my last post was about my father’s death and I’d been struggling for some time

Jill M. February 10, 2023February 11, 2023 Archer family, Civil War, family history, genealogy, history, military, Noble County, old records, research, Stewart, war, Wickham Read more

The Dale Chronicles Continues

I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever be done researching my great uncle Dale Stewart.  Dale’s life has been and continues to be, a source of constant fascination for me. He’s like a puzzle I want to solve. Frequent readers and

Jill M. November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 genealogy, history, old records, pictures, police records, research, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

And then things change…

Life has a funny way of putting you where you *need* to be versus where you necessarily *want* to be.  When we moved to New York from Ohio, my genealogy had not expanded far past the Ohio/Kentucky borders.  It had

Jill M. August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 cemetery, DAR, family history, genealogy, history, newspaper clippings, old records, Orange County, research, secrets, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more
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