I have on several occasions in the past, been the grateful recipient of R andom  A cts O f G enealogical K indness.  On the Ancestry messag...

During my recent vacation in Florida I casually opened my morning email, coffee cup in hand, so that I was scrolling, deleting, and typing h...

Poppies growing on the grounds of the coliseum in Rome.     Today is one year since I began writing this blog. Thank you to Lisa of the...

David Barrett Walker David Barrett was the youngest son of Isaac and Winifred Walker.  In 1856, at age ten, he traveled with his famil...

  According to his obituary, my gr-gr-grandfather Isaac Walker, was a man of strong convictions and beliefs. When I mention this, I have bee...

As I mentioned in my previous post, written before my lovely restful Spring vacation in Florida , my grandfather marched to a different dr...

 This is a letter that my grandfather wrote to his mother-in-law when my mother was born.  It is a very sweet letter that gives a glimpse ...