Ordinary Ancestors

  A niece of Ernest Elmer Powell (1896-1968) was in possession of two letters he wrote home to his parents during World War I. After she pas...

Last year I wrote a blog post about the mystery surrounding "Grandpa Celie". Thanks to genetic genealogy I can now put a name to ...

John and Nancy Cobb, my second great-grandparents on my mother's paternal line, were among only three of my second greats missing a pho...

When I was a child my mother had family, on the sides of both of her parents, living in fairly close proximity in the Kansas City, Missouri ...

G. Rayson Brown (1898-1974) was fascinated by the wonders of nature. He combined that love of the outdoors with his photography hobby in the...