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 …
Since I’ve posting the stories from Grandpa Lyle about early Wakeman days I’ve gotten more curious about his father, F.A. who was the focus of many of these stories. So, I’m going to combine a couple of ideas here to …