This year I signed up for an e-course with Family Locket Genealogy to improve my research skills and get a bit of structure into my research. For the course I needed to select a research project and while there are many options I decided on one that was probably not a super hard project, butContinue reading “Research Process Success – Mary Bartleson Ambler”
Category Archives: Family Tree Branch
Research Success – John Perlette and Dorothea Gerwig
One of the gaps I had in the family tree was for the wife of John Perlette (Cory’s 3X Great Grandfather through Geneva Perlette Storer). As an aside, John Perlette has a grandson John Perlette who married Hannah Hastings. It always helps to clarify when there are multiple generations with the same name. John theContinue reading “Research Success – John Perlette and Dorothea Gerwig”
Felix Albright – Newly Approved DAR Patriot
After an extended wait, I received news today that my 6th Great Grandfather, Felix Albright was just accepted as a NEW Patriot in the DAR database. I originally submitted this documentation in 2021 (and yes, it is now 2026!). The genealogists at Daughters of the American Revolution had quite a backlog of applicants to getContinue reading “Felix Albright – Newly Approved DAR Patriot”
2026 Research Projects
I have a couple of projects that I have started 2026 with in hopes to find a few more details. First, I signed up for an e-course with Family Locket using their Research Like A Pro process. I am hoping to use this course as a framework to revisit some research I had done earlierContinue reading “2026 Research Projects”
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”
Cory and Nicole Family History 