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You never know what Grandma might say!

Well, there are a lot of reasons why we never know what Grandma might say, but Grandma Avis threw all of us for a surprise over Christmas this year. We are taking her home after the festivities and randomly she shares that she and her sister Iris made bombs during WWII for about 6 weeks. ItContinue reading “You never know what Grandma might say!”

2023 Wrapup

My postings have been a bit slower the last few months and that’s related to a few different things, but partially because most of the next biographies I would post require more research. It’s also partially related to time avaialable and that’s been hard to find the last few months. I have a couple of projectsContinue reading “2023 Wrapup”

Century Farm Awards

We had an exciting moment in August at the Deuel County Fair. All the paperwork was filled out with Aksarben, and the Mauser family was awarded the Pioneer Farm Family. That means that a member of the family has lived on the same property for 100 years (or more). In this case we were ableContinue reading “Century Farm Awards”

Octoberfest Genealogy Volunteer

This last weekend was a busy one. Part of the weekend was at the IL Heritage Alliance genealogy conference. Lots of learning on different lineage societies and some fabulous speakers. A couple of them with some great stories about perseverance and how that finally breaks down some brick walls in the tree. Some inspring things!Continue reading “Octoberfest Genealogy Volunteer”

Mayflower Passenger George Soule

The results are in. I have now officially proven relationship to another Mayflower Passenger – George Soule. George Soule and his wife Mary Buckett are my 11X Great Grandparents and we are related to them through the Livermore family. This connection was challenging to prove for one generation as there were no documents that connectedContinue reading “Mayflower Passenger George Soule”

US Daughters – War of 1812

Last week I received notice that my first ancestor application for the US Daughters of the War of 1812 was approved. How exciting! For this one the first ancestor I submitted Daniel Livermore who is an ancestor of my Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson. Because of his service in Captain Daniel Root’s company of theContinue reading “US Daughters – War of 1812”

New Book on 596th Airborne Engineers

The new book is here! I was contacted a while back by someone writing a book on the World War II 596th Airborne Engineers. My Grandpa Anderson was a part of this unit and in working with the author I shared a couple of photos and stories with him. Grandpa is actually featured a coupleContinue reading “New Book on 596th Airborne Engineers”

Mauser Research

It’s been a busy genealogy week here. I have some active things going with the Mayflower Society, Daughers of the American Revolution, National Society Descendants of American Farmers and a research project just completed on the Mauser line in Germany. My entire genealogy research bug started when Grandpa Mauser was pretty sure that we mustContinue reading “Mauser Research”

Bess Streeter Aldrich Connection

Some of you may be familiar with Bess Streater Aldrich the Nebraska author. I have a copy of her book “A Lantern In Her Hand” and read it again a couple of months ago. Interestingly enough a friend of mine was doing a reading challenge from the local library to read a book from orContinue reading “Bess Streeter Aldrich Connection”

Independance Day

Over the last few years I’ve learned much more about the 1776 US Declaration of Independance than I had in any history class. I’ve read books on some of the founding fathers, proven 12 Revolutionary War Patriots, have two waiting on approval with Daughters of the American Revolution Headquarters and a few more in theContinue reading “Independance Day”