Another Coffin Story
Although I meant to write about Uncle Henry Coffin, it is clear that his story needs the “backstory” to provide the beginning. The story of Henry Bernard Coffin and his role and influence in the family starts with his going …
Author: Pat
November Genealogy To-Do List
Research * Continue to look for live relatives in the Scheier line. [No success in October. However, I did have a cause for a genealogy happy dance: I got registrations/certificates of marriage for two Scheier men, confirming that they were …
Great-great-grandfather Zebulon Butler Coffin
Zebulon B. Coffin was one of the first ancestors I learned about, going back to when I was about age 8 or 9. His picture was in the old-fashioned hard-covered thick-paged photo album that my mother kept in the linen …
How Sweet It Is!
I couldn’t resist this title. The remaining surname of my great grandparents that I haven’t yet posted about is Sweet. Imagine: I have Sweet and Salt and Snow and Minor and Coffin as last names, along with Boothby, Earhart, and …
October Genealogy To-Do List
Research * Continue to look for live relatives in the Scheier line. No success in September. * Figure out the Sweet line; look at the tree Turie Sweet Severs did. [I ordered more copies from the Lillian Sweet Allen Papers …