A Family Tapestry

I had a horrible thought the other night while writing yesterday's post. This morning, something happened to change all that... I...

Just like John Jay Jackson—my husband's fourth great grandfather whose life history we are trying to piece together—Captain John Whistl...

Whistler is a name that has embedded itself in the American consciousness in a small but indellible way. If you have ever heard of the port...

While it appears our William Ijams was too old to serve during the War of 1812, there was another man by that same name whose file showed u...

If one approach to a research question doesn't yield results, the best tack is to switch tracks and try a different approach. Thus, in ...

If following the assignments of John Jay Jackson's military officers couldn't enlighten me on his whereabouts when he made the deci...

Exploring the military history surrounding the life of one individual—my husband's fourth great grandfather, John Jay Jackson—was edif...