Reflections

  “Necessity is the mother of invention”, meaning, when the need for something becomes imperative.   That quote, author unknown, has guid...

Joseph H Smith, my great grandfather decided that he would leave Bridgewater, Massachusetts and move back to Maine, the state of his birth....

Some ancestor pictures cry out to be placed in a frame and hung in a place of honor. It was difficult to choose which ancestor picture to ...

This past March I began a Genealogy Club.  What did I get myself into? Not everyone has the tools for research so I sit with them individual...

Genealogy is an interesting journey for those of us that wish to find our ancestors. Who were they, what did they look like and how did they...

Southworth Gammons, my 4th great grandfather was born in Middleboro Massachusetts in 1769.  He died on July 25, 1827, suddenly, it is writte...

It was six months ago that I lost the love of my Life.  My husband Merrill passed away quietly at home on June 26 2013. Since then, I sold o...

I have strayed away from writing in my blog this year.  Two weeks after celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary, Merrill was diagnosed ...

Mrs. Crouch, 93, Dies at LeMars on Jun. 23, 1851 Civil War Veteran's Widow Came to U. S. in Sailing Vessel LeMars, Ia.--Special--:...

Milton was born on October 15, 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Otto Roesch and Mary Belle Pierce.  Sadly, Milton died on July 5, 1908 a...