When teaching genealogy classes, I am always quick to point out to my students that when you look at your tree, you should marvel at what it took to get you here today. My example is John Wickham, my 7th
The 1977 Weekly Diary of Rose Jones Stewart Hochmuth
A few months ago, my cousin Kim gifted me with the 1977 weekly journal my great-grandma Rose Jones Stewart Hochmuth kept. She was going to give me the one for the year I was born which was 1974 but it
John Wickham & Bemus Heights
I’m very fortunate to live within 15 minutes of where my 7th GGF and Revolutionary War patriot, John Wickham, was stationed for a time at Fort Montgomery, New York. I’ve written before about visiting there and the surreal experience of
Finding Nancy Jane Wickham Archer
This is my first post in almost 10 months. I haven’t been writing at all or really working on my own genealogy this past year; my last post was about my father’s death and I’d been struggling for some time
The Dale Chronicles Continues
I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever be done researching my great uncle Dale Stewart. Dale’s life has been and continues to be, a source of constant fascination for me. He’s like a puzzle I want to solve. Frequent readers and