A Family Tapestry

  Fourteen years ago, this date—May 8—was a Mother's Day. I remember it well, for the day's designation didn't set well with me....

  Now that I've got my search direction set—hoping to find anything significant about Jonathan Miller of Perry County , Ohio—I'm of...

  The quest I'm on right now may seem a hopeless plight: finding the family of Lidia Miller, my mother-in-law's second great-grandmo...

  As we search for the identity of another brick wall ancestor in my mother-in-law's line, it's time to rely once again on that help...

  When the results of my first DNA test arrived, I wasn't looking to see whether I could exchange lederhosen for a kilt . Actually, I wa...

  When facing a brick wall ancestor and finding no wiggle room from clues or other hopeful signs, my approach is to widen the spotlight when...

  In the case of a young bride dying so soon after the birth of her second child, not much can be found to record her life's story—not, ...