Category: Ancestor Spotlight

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Ancestor Spotlight, Nelson Family Tree

We Might as Well Die Here

by Jamie Gates9 Comments on We Might as Well Die Here
We Might as Well Die Here

I feel like I've been on a roll with Civil War ancestors lately--sorry, not sorry. For the longest time, I had no connections to the Civil War, and my only knowledge of the years between 1861 and 1865 came from high school--and later, college--history textbooks. But then I started this blog--forcing me to comb through [...]

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Ancestor Spotlight, Kuznicki Family Tree, Travel

Conversations with Gramps

by Jamie Gates12 Comments on Conversations with Gramps
Conversations with Gramps

I spent the past week in Buffalo, New York visiting my aunt and cousins and grandparents; we stopped by the Broadway Market for makowiec and placek, spent an afternoon wandering around Forest Lawn Cemetery and went wine tasting in the Finger Lakes. My favorite part of the trip, though, was going through old family photos [...]