Ancestor Soup

    On the flat prairie of eastern South Dakota, there once thrived the bustling little town of Esmond.  I had lived in the general vicini...

Thanks so much to Carol at Reflections From the Fence , for awarding me this fine honor!  She's been a great source of encouragement s...

I'd like to thank Yaya, of Yaya's Changing World for the lovely Happy 101 Award.  I like it very much, but it's making me hun...

    The best Irish genealogical "find" I ever got, or could ever hope to get, was not a photo, not a document, not any single pie...

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...