The year 2020 started off normally like any other. At least, that's how it was for me. Within two months of the beginning of the year ...

One has to be ready to receive a new relative to their family tree just like a newborn child. All of the excitement is there because they ar...

It has been four years since I last visited La Fontaine, Indiana for the annual Missisinawa War of 1812 Re-enactment weekend.  It is...

My cousin, his wife, and I spent the day driving around in the Cherokee National Forest.  We came upon The Hiwassee Meeting House. A...

Sarah Jane Bailey Smith and her granddaughter Rachel I have been trying to find confirmation that I am the great-great granddaughter of ...

I came across this video today and it brought back memories of things that have been said to me over the years.  It is not always by stra...

Donna, Dad, and Me My father lost the fight in the DNA test war, but won by being a great dad for my sister.  After all, he is the o...

I read the book, "The Stranger in my Genes" by Bill Griffeth over Christmas weekend.  It was a moving story about discovering that...

After watching the movie "Becoming Jane" about Jane Austen, I started thinking about letters. A lot of letter writing went...

A cousin of ours told us about Third Street here in Fort Wayne that went all out for Halloween. I have lived here for a long time and ne...