While researching my great-grandfather Jesse Archer, I found the 1870 Federal Census and got a bit of a giggle at his occupation that was listed as “loafer”. I mean, I’ve read about several silly occupations on the censuses but I’d
Boys! Boys! Boys!
Awhile ago I wrote about the story in my husband’s family about their one great grandfather being “sold” at the Ohio State Fair to a farmer down near the southern Ohio border. Turns out, that this very thing, however unbelievable and far
Little Local Discoveries
I’ve mentioned it before that in my part of NY, near West Point, is just chock full of colonial history. There are tons of little plaques, monuments, parks, museums and such surrounding my area. They’re so prevalent in my area
Uncovering Dark Secrets in Your Family Trees
Sometimes there are dark things in your family tree that aren’t talked about – things that when you stumble upon them positively blow you away. Such a thing happened to me about a month ago when I was meandering down