One of the thrills of being the family historian is finding a bona fide horse thief in the family. William Boyd aka William Jollett ...

Of all my photos of unidentified people, this is probably my favorite. It came to me in a box of photos belonging to my grandaunt Helen ...

Frazier Mountain School photo courtesy John and Janet Thompson Frazier descendants Frazier Mountain was the stomping grounds of my 3X ...

After struggling to find a “rich” ancestor, I gave up and decided to write about one named Richard. The irony is that he might actually ...

One of the TREATs of blogging is connecting with distant cousins and potential cousins. This past week I received two emails from Rucker d...

I am jealous of the public transportation system everywhere in Europe. Getting from here to there is so easy and so inexpensive whether by...

One wild story of adventure has been passed down through the family. Not the Huckleberry Finn kind of adventure of exploring up and down t...