Ancestor Soup

This blog post was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow 's " 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks " challenge.  Learn more at her blog. *******...

Another page from the scrapbook of my mother-in-law, who was a fixture at the Hand County (South Dakota) Courthouse for 50 years, working fo...

Another page from my mother-in-law’s scrapbook.  I love the photo pedigrees, although this one spans only three generations.  I love looking...

 A page from the scrapbook of my mother-in-law, describing the early farm home of her family, now gone.

In the heart of tiny Polo, South Dakota sits a complex of Spanish mission style buildings known as St. Liborius Catholic church.  These...

Subtitled: “Excuse me, Miss, could you put down your pipe and dance with me?” For as long as I knew her, my mother-in-law, Louise, love...