Treasure Chest Thursday: The One That Got Away 23 Jul 2013 | 09:08 pm

An Awesome Update The post below was originally published here November 18, 2010. A couple weeks ago I received an email via my Contact page. John Mocci, a reader in New Jersey, wrote to say he'd bee....

A happy rendering? How is that possible? 26 Nov 2012 | 07:44 pm

From The Winona Daily Republican: 27 January 1886, page 3: PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT AN ENJOYABLE EVENING BY THE EQUITABLE AID UNION AND THEIR INVITED GUESTS Few of the social gatherings this season ...

A Card from J Postmarked March 3, 1914 5 Apr 2012 | 07:13 am

This is one of only four cards from J that my grandmother saved. This one has the earliest postmark, so there must have been others. I wonder if she knew who J was, or if it was as big a mystery to h...

A Card from J Postmarked March 16, 1914 4 Apr 2012 | 07:08 am

April 2, 1914: Another Card from J 3 Apr 2012 | 06:58 am

April 1, 1914: Evelyn's 20th Birthday 2 Apr 2012 | 03:15 am

Clarence Who? 1 Apr 2012 | 02:58 am

Clarence Monroe Burton, that's who. Recognize the name? Detroit researchers should. He was the man whose Historical Collection we love to visit at Detroit Public Library. I happened upon a short biogr...

Postmarked 64 Years Ago Today 13 Nov 2011 | 03:52 am

My parents had been married almost two years when they took this trip from Detroit to visit my dad's family in North Dakota. They didn't have any kids yet, but I was born nine months later.

July Ruminations 1 Aug 2011 | 12:14 am

I had occasion a couple weeks ago to start from scratch on researching a family. A friend of mine gave me her parents' names and birthdates, and I was curious to see what I could discover online. Bac...

118 Years Ago Today: Schulte-Hauer Marriage 21 Jun 2011 | 08:35 pm

An evening reception had been planned, but Joseph Hauer, father of the groom, died June 6. At my dad's house quite awhile ago, in the basement where, I'm sorry to say, all things archival have been b...