Category Archives: Brown County, Wisconsin

DNA Project for Fanny Petty Hagerdon – Success

I just posted not too long ago about the search for Fanny Petty Hagerdon’s parents and my attempt to use DNA to solve this mystery. I was pretty much immersed in this project for a couple of days, mapping out DNA matches and trying to connect all of them to the family tree. It wasContinue reading “DNA Project for Fanny Petty Hagerdon – Success”

Children’s Book – James Hagerdon and the Oregon Trail

I had a wild idea (I have those sometimes) and thought it might be fun to put together a couple of little, short stories for some of the youngsters in the family and tell them some of the stories about their ancestors. One that was easy and relevant to places the kids knew was theContinue reading “Children’s Book – James Hagerdon and the Oregon Trail”

Random Newspaper Find – Hagerdon Family – Oshkosh, WI Land Claim

For any of you who follow my ramblings, or anyone who is related through the Hagerdon line of my tree (My Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson) you may know that I hit a bit of a roadblock with my 4X Great Grandparents Luther Hagerdon and his wife Fanny Perry Hagerdon. They were true pioneers andContinue reading “Random Newspaper Find – Hagerdon Family – Oshkosh, WI Land Claim”

James Hagerdon and Louisiana Vawter Photo and Story Gallery

James Knox Hagerdon and Louisiana Wood Vawter are the parents of my 2X Great Grandfather Luther Hagerdon and the grandparents of my Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson. This family has been a bit more challenging to follow than some others, so please feel free to let me know if there are corrections, or additional data.Continue reading “James Hagerdon and Louisiana Vawter Photo and Story Gallery”

Luther Hagerdon – Oregon Trail Pioneer

Luther was the second (and so far last) Oregon Trail Pioneer I have found in my family tree. Luther has been somewhat elusive and to date we still don’t know where he passed away, or with 100% confidence who his parents are, but we have some assumptions and those will all be covered in hisContinue reading “Luther Hagerdon – Oregon Trail Pioneer”