Category: Michigan
Robert J. Brock: Letter to the Editor
Newspapers are a wonderful source of information when it comes to genealogy research. Not only for historical facts, but more importantly to provide context into the personal lives, feelings, and sometimes political opinions of our ancestors. I recently found a letter written by my great uncle, Robert J. Brock to…
Charles at Large: Another Mystery Solved with DNA
Background In My last blog post, Charles at Large: The Search for Charles Hawley, I wrote about my great granduncle Charles Hawley and his disappearing act in the summer of 1910. As I have written about before, I have been doing significant research into Hawley DNA connections. This research has led to…
Charles at Large: The Search for Charles Hawley
Orlie Charles McKenzie: WW1 – From Training to the Trip Home
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 2: Lucinda Jones
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 1: Anna Ethel Watchorn
Parents of William Hawley… Proven Through DNA…?
Hearsay from Yesterday: you’re always “in”famous in a small town
Hearsay from Yesterday: Watch out for Madam Rumor
The blog posts I write typically relate to my ancestors or collateral lines. However, after years of research, I couldn’t help but come across some amazing, funny, tantalizing, sad and sometimes tragic stories about others. A lot of these stories come from newspapers and books about county history. I once…
Could William Hawley have been a Bound Boy?
Finding the Parents of William Hawley… One Step Closer…
William Hawley: Left out in the cold
Letter from William Faught and the Logging Industry of Alpena, Michigan
In a couple of previous posts, Elizabeth Miller and the hope of a cure and The Founding of Long Rapids Township and the Role my Ancestors Played, I mentioned a letter written from William Faught to his brother, my Third Great Grandfather, George Faught. In his letter, William provides a wonderful description of…
The Founding of Long Rapids Township and the Role my Ancestors Played
Robert J. Brock: Letter to the Editor
Newspapers are a wonderful source of information when it comes to genealogy research. Not only for historical facts, but more importantly to provide context into the personal lives, feelings, and sometimes political opinions of our ancestors. I recently found a letter written by my great uncle, Robert J. Brock to…
Charles at Large: Another Mystery Solved with DNA
Background In My last blog post, Charles at Large: The Search for Charles Hawley, I wrote about my great granduncle Charles Hawley and his disappearing act in the summer of 1910. As I have written about before, I have been doing significant research into Hawley DNA connections. This research has led to…
Charles at Large: The Search for Charles Hawley
Orlie Charles McKenzie: WW1 – From Training to the Trip Home
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 2: Lucinda Jones
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 1: Anna Ethel Watchorn
Parents of William Hawley… Proven Through DNA…?
Hearsay from Yesterday: you’re always “in”famous in a small town
Hearsay from Yesterday: Watch out for Madam Rumor
The blog posts I write typically relate to my ancestors or collateral lines. However, after years of research, I couldn’t help but come across some amazing, funny, tantalizing, sad and sometimes tragic stories about others. A lot of these stories come from newspapers and books about county history. I once…
Could William Hawley have been a Bound Boy?
Finding the Parents of William Hawley… One Step Closer…
William Hawley: Left out in the cold
Letter from William Faught and the Logging Industry of Alpena, Michigan
In a couple of previous posts, Elizabeth Miller and the hope of a cure and The Founding of Long Rapids Township and the Role my Ancestors Played, I mentioned a letter written from William Faught to his brother, my Third Great Grandfather, George Faught. In his letter, William provides a wonderful description of…