Did Alma Ward exist? This is the question I have been asking myself for about a week. Now that I’ve asked the question, let me fill you in on the details. Until recently, I believed Alma Ward to be my paternal 2nd great aunt, and the sister of my 2nd…
Finding this 1930 census record makes me remember that even though a pedigree chart follows a specific line, sometimes those lines intersect in ways that aren’t obvious. I have looked at this census several times for two different families, one on each side of my family tree. Joseph Royer in household…
My grandpa Alex always joked about having an uncle that was also his grandfather… Before you stop reading and think that there is something a little strange happening in my DNA, let me fill in the details behind this story… My grandfather was Alexander Orlando McKenzie born in 1924 to Orlie C. McKenzie and Mae Arla…
