For years, I have been searching for my 2nd-great-grandmother Sarah Claire "Sadie" (Dyer) Gatlin 's half-sister Nellie Cox . N...

According to her death certificate, my 2nd-great-grandmother Catherine Elizabeth (Winters) Graham Mapplebeck died of coronary sclerosis due...

Ever since I was a little girl, I have been a cat person. The photo of my great-grandmother Gertrude Tarkington holding a cat gives me a ...

Hector's last visit to his family before his duel with Achilles: Astyanax, on Andromache's knees, stretches to touch his father...

My 9th-great-grandfather Godfrey Spruill was the first doctor in North Carolina. He was born about 1650, and received a land patent in James...

My 5th-great-grandfather Andrew Russell is one of my brick walls. I do not know when or where he was born, or who his parents were. Some onl...

My 2nd-great-grandfather James William Tarkington was born on 28 May 1850 in Tennessee, probably in Davidson County. He was the son of  Jose...

Many members of my family would be good choices for this week's 52 Ancestors theme, "Naughty." I have written about many of th...

My 2nd-great-grandmother Christina Nagel's brother Mathias Joseph Nagel was a landscape gardener. Their father Johann Nagel was also a...

My 3rd-great-grandmother Angeline (Mayo) Binkley was probably thankful for the support of her older brother Samuel Lee Mayo. Samuel Lee an...

Theodore Christopher "Terry" Troedson was the son of my 2nd-great-grandfather 's brother Ola Peter Troedson and Rosina Catha...