Ancestor Soup

Weighing nearly 10,000 tons, the "Oscar II" cut through the waters of the Atlantic ocean at a speed of 15 knots, with over 1,...

I'm sure it was Lillian's best Christmas present ever.  When she and Bill had been married some 23 years prior, they had eloped, and...

Firstborn daughters of firstborn daughters... Alfhilde Olsen Monsen, widow of Gabriel Monsen, with her baby daughter Gabriella (later kn...

I'd really like to thank Carol, from Reflections From the Fence for this nomination, and for her encouragement with this blogging stu...

Any mother sending her son off to war has to do so with such mixed feelings - pride, tempered with fear; faith, battered by the reality of...

This photo depicts the Will Knutz family of rural Huron, South Dakota, enjoying their new car.  The photo was taken prior to 1918, and inc...

It is with great relief that I report that I'm not a blood descendant of Ruhamah Jones Nickerson.  I am, however, a direct-line descenda...