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A Small Stewart Mystery Solved

The Stewarts have been chock full of roadblocks in what feels like forever. They are the bane of my genealogy work. Recently, I was able to finally break through one of my Stewart family brick walls and discovered the ending to my 4th great aunt’s story.

Jill M. April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 census, family history, genealogy, mysteries, newspaper clippings, old records, research, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

Dale Stewart’s 1930 Arrest

I don’t know what makes me return to certain relatives time and again even when I think their stories are “done.”  My 2nd great uncle Dale Stewart’s story was pretty cut and dry, I thought. I’ve written about discovering his

Jill M. December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Children's Home Society, family history, genealogy, newspaper clippings, old records, pictures, police records, research, secrets, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

General James Clinton & I

I have said it before that my genealogical journey has always been quite serendipitous in nature.  Good things and wonderful people have just seemed to cross my path time and again.  With it, though, comes a great amount of weird

Jill M. September 21, 2018September 23, 2018 cemetery, DAR, family history, genealogy, history, old records, pictures, research, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

Clark Children Reunite After 42 Years

A while ago, I wrote about my husband’s great-grandfather’s story about being sold at the Ohio State Fair and how he changed his name from Clark to Moore.  A Clark relative reached out to us recently on Ancestry to find

Jill M. July 10, 2018July 11, 2018 Children's Home Society, Clark family, family history, genealogy, holiday, Moore family, mysteries, newspaper clippings, old records, research, secrets, Uncategorized Read more

The Long Sought After Picture of Colonel Jesse Woodhull

About two months ago, I stopped out at the Cemetery of the Highlands to visit the grave of Colonel Jesse Woodhull, my 1st cousin 9x removed, and was really just there to check on the headstones of his family following

Jill M. May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 family history, genealogy, history, Jayne family, old records, pictures, research, Woodhull Read more
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