Ancestor Soup

In Part 1 of this story, I was left with the possibility that the remains of my great uncle Raymond Christensen, killed in World War II, wer...

“I am trying not to openly speculate about the circumstances and events surrounding the missing crew of KW 161. Even though your uncle has b...

As I sit here pondering the end of another year, sometimes it’s the hard times that seem to rise to the surface of my consciousness more qui...

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.