Reflections

Mercy Ann Hampton and Russel Cardy           my 3rd great grandparents Mercy, although a Quaker, married Russell Cardy of Irish descent and ...

Okay, let's put it out there.  If you do genealogy, you visit cemeteries. And, believe me, I have traipsed through many from Florida to ...

Oscar Sidney Maxell was born in Orient, Maine on June 1, 1879. He was one of six children born to Deacon Sidney P Maxell and Alice Brown. He...

 Eugenie Belle Smith was born on July 30, 1891 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts to Joseph H. Smith and Laura Eunice Jones. Eugenie was sister t...

 Yes, History and genealogy do go hand-in-hand. Ferdinand Clinton Gammons, my 2nd cousin 4x removed was born September 29, 1845 in Middlebor...

I am a Genealogist.   Or am I?  Genealogy is a line of descent tracing continuously from one ancestor to another.  The study of ancestry de...

  When I first saw this picture of Rowland Ward, I was confused by his appearance.  It looked as if his beard was growing out of his mouth. ...

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

                                                                 Menorca Cove Menorcan Journey – Ancestor Jose Joaneda Floyd (Floid) Jo...

         It's 1961 and we had been visiting my grandparents, Florence and Scott Hilligoss in Boneventure Florida located just outside of...