Publishing a family history blog definitely works for 'cousin bait'.  Even the old posts are out their in the search engines and peo...

1620 - Peter STICKEL married Margaretha GROSSMANN in Egenhausen, Würrtemberg.  Peter was the son of Peter STICKEL and Wallburga ________.  M...

If I ever doubted whether or not anyone ever read these posts, I just have been blown away in the past few months by the number of people wh...

Spent the early part of today researching Knight & Co.'s Elwood, Alexandria, In and Madison County Biennial Directory, 1893-1894 as ...

In the 1900 census, my maternal 3rd-great grandfather, Carey W. LAMBERTSON was living in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.  By the...

My maternal 4th-great grandaunt, Elizabeth Jane JACOBS, was married on this date in 1845 in Ohio to Abraham Duncan ELLIS.  Elizabeth was the...

The Samuel SNIVELY household appears in the 1870 census of Butler Co., OH and the 1900-1910 census of Madison Co., IN. Samuel was my mater...

Happy Anniversary to my maternal 4th great-grandparents, John Lambertson & Sarah A. Willson, married July 6, 1822 in Belvidere, Sussex C...