It all started with Stella Atkinson’s skirt.
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A Case of Bigamy
MRS. LOUIS CLAYTON JAMES She Has a Grievance Which She Has Brought All the Way From Lincoln County, Nebraska And now She Airs It for the Readers of "The Nonpareil." There is a woman in Council Bluffs who has a story. Her name is Mrs. Louis Clayton James, and besides her story she has four …
Finding Finny Grace
How I found a lost great-aunt. #52ancestors
My Longest-Living Ancestor
TRANSCRIPT from The Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan), 6 Jan 1963, p. D7: Still 'Farming' Flint Man Marks 97th Birthday Nathaniel Lewis, who is 97 today, has been a farmer all his life. Last summer he cultivated a small plot of corn and berries. Lewis lives with his daughter, Mrs. Nora Miley, at 1482 Alberta St. …
The Known and the Unknown
Why the discovery of new photos is what keeps me researching. #52ancestors
Henry Ford’s Brain
Learn how I owe my entire existence to Henry Ford.
Five Things I Learned While Taking Stock of My Genealogy Documents
I invested in a new genealogy database (Reunion for iPad) and most of my research time since has been spent transferring documents and information from my Ancestry account, my paper files, and my Google Drive into the program. The process has been slow, but rewarding. It's forced me to take another look at everything I've …
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Jailed For Assault
I never thought I was descended from saints or anything. Still it's difficult to see proof that your forebearers were abusive, racist, or felonious. My two-times great-grandfather, Nathaniel Lewis, turned out to be all three. I'll post more about this story soon. Click here for source info.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Wilson Suffer Loss By Fire
While my great-grandfather was getting married on Christmas day 1906, his father's barn was burning to the ground. Click here for source.
A Second Cousin of a Second Cousin
A couple years ago after researching as thoroughly as possible, I had decided my family was not related to the infamous outlaw, Jesse James. But, after finding this newspaper article recently, I've brought out all of my research again. To be clear, the man interviewed happens to also be named Jesse James. He is not …
