The Wrong War — An Update
STOP!!! If you haven’t read my previous blog post “The Wrong War?” go back and read that first… and then come back to this update. I wanted to include a…
STOP!!! If you haven’t read my previous blog post “The Wrong War?” go back and read that first… and then come back to this update. I wanted to include a…
Deep in to my second week of COVID quarantine I received an unexpected and intriguing message from my uncle. It was a video showing him open a small wooden box,…
Paul E. Brunberg lived an interesting life. In 1928 he lived in the Waterloo, Iowa area and was active in the Christ Episcopal church - giving talks about "The Laymen…
Sadie sometime in the 1910's in San Francisco and Charles Bozelle's Mugshot Sarah "Sadie" Broadhurst is my paternal great-grandmother (my dad's dad's mom). She, along with her mother Alice (my…
I started working on my family tree long before at-home DNA kits became popular… then dropped it for several years until I moved back to my hometown in 2017. One…
The disappearance of my great-granduncle Ernest H. Koehneke continues to be a family history mystery. If you'd like a recap of part 1, you can find it here. Here's a…
Time for a quick family brag: The inventor of Morse Code is my cousin! — my 2nd cousin 7 times removed, to be exact. Our common ancestors are my 8th…
Three days before my 18th birthday I checked in to my first unit, 1st Marine Division, at Camp Pendleton, California. I had completed boot camp in May, combat training in…
Edward Hampton Jack was my 3rd great grandfather (my dad’s dad’s dad’s mom’s dad). Born in 1823 in Indiana, he lived in Kentucky, was involved in steamboating, and ultimately ended…