The year 1899 saw the death of Winifred Walker.  Her husband Isaac died nine years earlier. And now I wondered about that mythical note of...

  The next time I find Billy in a record is in the 1880 Federal census . . . actually I think he is in there twice.  There is a William Wal...

   I have spent quite a bit of time trying to decide how I want to present my findings.  Do I show them in the order they were found . . .or...

  I have been searching for Billy Walker since before I knew his name.     It started one summer evening when an offhand remark by a newly ...

  There have been a lot of news stories recently following the death of Ruth Bader-Ginsberg. She was a giant who fought for the equality of ...

   It has been a long long time since I wrote anything on this blog, but over the years I  would go back and write down an idea that I had f...

Wow, it has been so long. What are my excuses?  I have none . . . or at least nothing earth shaking. My life was hectic, and I thought I ...