AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

The Eastern Washington Genealogical Society will be meeting this Saturday, February 3rd in the meeting rooms on the main floor of the Downt...

Like those long-winded actors at the Oscars, I have an endless list of people I'd like to thank for nurturing this obsession of mine cal...

We're very lucky here in Spokane to have not only a great genealogy society (the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society ), but four (c...

Perseverance pays off. Sometimes, boredom does, too. Some of you know that I've been home all week with a nasty case of laryngitis; si...

An update to my moving of posts from my Bravejournal account to this Blogger account: I've moved about a third of my posts over this w...

Home again for the second day due to laryngitis, I spent time at the Tresoar website trying to scare up some leads on my earliest known HOE...

One of the (many) benefits of subscribing to Smart Computing magazine is receiving e-mail newsletters with links to some of the upcoming is...

As I blogged in my New Year's Resolutions , I have wanted to keep better track of my online research and search results. When using onl...

I received the newest issue of Grand River Times , the newsletter of the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Historical Society . The main article is ...

Jasia over at Creative Gene recently tagged me for a meme (whoa, I learned a new word!) in which I have to divulge 5 things about myself t...

I feel very blessed to have had the childhood I did, although for years, I did not appreciate it! I was born and grew up in Alaska, living ...

My grandfather, Adrian DeVries, passed away this morning at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. He ha...

Distant cousin Sharon Flood sent me some notes that she had compiled years ago about Moses Crothers' family, plus a photo of his daughte...

Having already done some reflection on my genealogical accomplishments in 2006 , it's time to look ahead to the New Year. Here are my r...

(I'm posting this as a response to the prompt on my other website, AnceStories2 . I invite you to journal with me. It's a great w...

Jasia is encouraging those of us who participate in the Carnival of Genealogy to write about our New Year's (Genealogy) Resolutions for...

Gerald R. Ford, 38th President, died yesterday at the age of 93. He was born in my ancestral city, Grand Rapids, Kent County , Michigan, w...

Merry Christmas! My family came over to our house to spend Christmas Day: my parents, my sister and her three little boys, and my brother (w...

Spent some time looking into the life of Eva E. ([--?--]) LYTTLE / LITTLE of Benona Township, Oceana County, Michigan. I am wondering if sh...

Received an obituary for Emma Alice (LYTON) CHAPLIN from Christine Gray, RAOGK volunteer for Multnomah Co., Oregon. There wasn't a lot...