by Brandy Heineman | Nov 2, 2013 | Blog, Family History
Do you have that one ancestor who doesn’t seem to have much of a story? The one who stayed in one locale for a lifetime. The one whose branch of your tree is eclipsed by more-fascinating parents or children. The one who just isn’t very interesting. I...
by Brandy Heineman | Oct 29, 2013 | Blog, Family History
I picked up this great postcard in an antique store only 900 miles or so from its subject. A modern-day DMV office,the courthouse in Corning was built in 1903. Steuben county NY is a key location to my family history and research. There are fantastic online resources...
by Brandy Heineman | Oct 26, 2013 | Blog, Family History
For a while, Anna Elizabeth Keller Rude Witter’s father was a brick wall in my search. Fairly early in my genealogical quest, The Kellers of Hamilton Township: A Study in Democracy by David Henry Keller, M.D. became an important find for me, because it gave me...
by Brandy Heineman | Oct 8, 2013 | Blog, Family History
I’ve written about my great-grandmother Orilla Wells Bergreen; her father Frank J Wells (1871-?) has been a bit of a challenge over the years. When the well of information dries up, one strategy is to move across the branches with a lateral search to see if a...
by Brandy Heineman | Sep 24, 2013 | Blog, Family History
If family history is about storytelling, then our ancestors are the characters. Each and every one is a blank, a mystery. Sometimes one small scrap of information forms the basis of my entire understanding of who that ancestor was as a person. My...
by Brandy Heineman | Sep 10, 2013 | Blog, Family History
“Mother’s Two Brothers” Part 1 about Roscoe Webb can be found here, and Part 2 about James Webb can be found here.The two “Mother” candidates were Roscoe and James Webb’s two sisters, Alice and Mary. I looked up Alice’s...
