A Family Tapestry

As we follow the immigrant trails of the earliest Canadian settlers in the riverside valley locale eventually known as Lodi, California, we...

When our ancestors reported their place of birth as a foreign country—as, for instance, simply "Canada"—there is not much to lear...

One discovery, in researching the five men credited by local history as having a hand in the formation of the city of Lodi, California , wa...

Not many people give much thought to how the street where they live received its name. While some street names—notably those in sanitized s...

Asking why a street received the name it has might not be among your top research priorities, but in my case, I can't help but wonder....

Sometimes, it feels like a research project takes the researcher along a winding path which, eventually, leads right back to the place wher...

Trying to reconcile conflicting reports about the start of the city of Lodi, California , has come down to two initials: that of Allen C. A...

Names containing only initials can be vexing for the ardent genealogical researcher. In particular, reading the history of the founding of ...

After the survey had been made through Lodi, A. T. Ayers, John U. Magley, R. L. Wardrobe and E. Lawrence petitioned the railroad company t...

A story about a neighbor may help open up the chapter for us in the Lodi settlement's beginning years, as we puzzle over not only who g...

There I was, minding my own historical business, when I unexpectedly found myself sucked into a mess concerning someone else's family ...

"Not many among the highly honored pioneers of San Joaquin County could boast a more enviable record, or a more interesting history,...