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2025 Wrap-up

I fell behind a little in updating the blog this year, but that doesn’t mean things haven’t been happening. In addition to some of the research that I have mentioned this year, some Swiss research, some cleanup of the Ancestry tree, and some WWI research for my Great Uncle I have also been doing someContinue reading “2025 Wrap-up”

Brigadier General – Harry Dwight Chamberlin – Olympic Gold!

This post is a bit removed from my immediately family tree, but still interesting. I am currently doing some study on the classical masters of horse training and as I was doing that research I stumbled into the name Harry Chamberlin as the person who brought the US Cavalry up to its peak in theContinue reading “Brigadier General – Harry Dwight Chamberlin – Olympic Gold!”

USS New Orleans – Harold Anderson WWII

If you have been following my Anderson family details or the details on the veterans in my family tree you may already be aware of my Grandpa’s brother Harold Anderson and the fact that he was on the USS New Orleans during WWII. Harold was on the New Orleans at Pearl Harbor and was killedContinue reading “USS New Orleans – Harold Anderson WWII”

Published Genealogy Stories

A big thank you to the Peoria County Genealogy Society for their Prairie Roots publication and their ideas for stories. Thanks to them I have now written and shared four different stories. I believe they have all been told via this blog in some fashion, but it doesn’t hurt to put them all in oneContinue reading “Published Genealogy Stories”

Otto Mauser WWI Service

One of the fun things that has been uncovered in our family history search is the WWI Footlocker from Otto Mauser. Otto is the brother of my Great Grandfather Ben Mauser. This footlocker was really a treasure of information. It included Otto’s full uniform and most of the supplies and literature he received during hisContinue reading “Otto Mauser WWI Service”

America 250 – Paul Revere’s Ride

Listen, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowFull Text of the Poem As a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and as part of my genealogy research itContinue reading “America 250 – Paul Revere’s Ride”

Otto Mauser Home

As I mentioned in a prior post, Cory and I will at some point move into the home that my Great Grand Uncle Otto Mauser built that has been in the family it’s entire existence. One of the fun things about small town newspapers is that EVERYTHING is in the paper. We know from theContinue reading “Otto Mauser Home”

Otto Mauser and Duane Earl Pope

I’ve spent a lot of time lately working on details of Otto Mauser’s life. He is my Great Grand Uncle and a brother to my Grand Grandfather Ben Mauser. As we start our planning to move into the home that Otto built, it’s been fun to reflect on a few of the things in hisContinue reading “Otto Mauser and Duane Earl Pope”

Presidents Day 2025 – Are you related to a US President?

One of the genealogy blogs that I follow suggested that for presidents day a fun activity would be sharing which, if any, US Presidents you are related to. As of right now, I know of three. In proving my relationship to John Howland who sailed on the Mayflower I found that he had a veryContinue reading “Presidents Day 2025 – Are you related to a US President?”

Swiss Research Project – into the 1500’s!

I have loved working with Roots Quest (Formerly Tree Tidings) Research for so much of my German/Swiss ancestors! When you have someone who knows the archives and has practice reading the language it really makes a difference. With this most recent round of research the focus was on the Kinsey line. The Kinsey line tiesContinue reading “Swiss Research Project – into the 1500’s!”