Research * continue to look for sources for births/marriages/deaths of direct line ancestors as part of sourcing goal. * continue to try to track the current owners of the old Salt house to get some information. This has been on …
This week I am beginning the story of my father’s mother, Carrie Boothby Salt Groppenbacher. As I began writing this, I was again struck with how little I know about her life, except for bits and pieces, mostly told me …
I am so pleased with myself that I can’t stand it. I finally, FINALLY, got down to the task of doing something about the old photographs. And I now have a system in place that lets me name the digital …
There is a nor’easter headed for New England and I am planning not to have to leave the house tomorrow. With any luck the electricity will stay on, and I will have a genealogy day all to myself. Fingers crossed! …
I have often wondered about the Coffin family’s migration from Nantucket to Cincinnati. I am still piecing together the history and the possibilities but this is how it seems to me to have happened. Until very recently, I have never …