history is Like a Box of Chocolates
Slow news days happen every once in awhile and sometimes things that might go relatively unnoticed to the rest of the world, in today’s parlance, “go viral.”
Mama Didn’t Raise No Fool, But She May Have Raised a Wilson
One of the things I tell clients and those interested in family history and genealogy is to be prepared for what you might find. Case in point: me.
I Am Not a Crook, But I Am Your Cousin
While doing routine ancestry research one day on my own family tree, I discovered a rather significant and totally unexpected family connection on my mother’s side with the Quaker tradition. In doing so I also came across the surname Milhous, which I knew to be the middle name of the only Quaker American president, and began to put two and two together.
Just Who Was James Dudymott?
Most of my family tree branches go back several hundred years. The oldest person recorded so far is my 17th great-grandfather Roger de Carruthers, 1st Laird of Holmains, born in 1345 in Holmains, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. The Carruthers line extends all the way down to my great-grandmother Mary Alma Carothers and then joins up with the Penroses.The…
My Parents and Grandparents
Actually, none of the people in the photo were parents or grandparents of mine. If I were to print out my entire family tree it would take roughly 525 pages and it would not be amenable to the almost daily changes that occur through editing, corrections, additions, deletions, and the like. Enter the good folks at WikiTree, some…
The “Celebrities” Among Us
We all remember Lois Lane from her Superman days of lore. Here’s what happened one day to a real-life Lois Lane.
Whenever Two or More Are Gathered …
It all started back in the early 1990s at University Christian Church in Berkeley, California. I was a new seminary student attending a dinner of some sort. Sitting next to me was Rev. C. William Nichols. Bill was the retired General Minister-President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) — basically the Disciples’ pope —…