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 …
In Part I of this series I listed some of the facts I know about my grandfather’s life. In this post I have turned those facts into a story My grandfather’s story is in many ways an ordinary story. Grandpa’s …
Genealogy to Family History Part Two—The Silvermans Come to America Read more »
I am in the process of switching to a new genealogy database. Rather than importing the data I am entering it by hand and taking this opportunity to review material, assess what I know and yes, clean up those source …
Genealogy to Family History–How I Do It–Part One Read more »
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 …
Research * process 4 headstone photos from my first Ashford cemetery trip (enter data into RootsMagic; make sure saved as tif file; save in archive directory) [Note: I’m having trouble addressing this one and I’m not sure why. I need …