Friedrich and Catherine (Springmeyer) Düwel are 3rd great grandparents on my father’s side. They are one of several genealogical “cold cases” I am currently working. Some branches of the family tree are more difficult to research than others. Essentially, I know the middle of their story but not the beginning or ending. I’ve been able to determine from German church records that they married October 4, 1840 in… More →
Author: K Trantham
Cousins marrying cousins
Gedmatch.com is a website where you can upload your raw DNA data from other websites and analyze it in fun and interesting ways. Thanks to Gedmatch.com I know conclusively that my parents are not cousins. However, this might have been a more meaningful conclusion had it not predicted the color of my eyes as puce. They are more of a greenish puce. My mother’s family… More →
Pancake Wisdom
Wishing my dearest Aunt Jodi the happiest of birthdays today! I believe aunts and uncles play important roles in our lives. While our parents focus on the big stuff like knowing the difference between right and wrong, playing nice with others, and “hey, don’t touch that it’s hot”, our aunts and uncles are responsible for imparting little gems of wisdom that might otherwise have been… More →
Peachy Keen Kenfolk
Bill Peach, born William Strickland Peach, is an accomplished author, philosopher, blogger, social activist, entrepreneur and preacher so sayeth the various biographies I found online. All true, I believe. But his day job for many, many years was that of a men’s clothier. He and his wife, Emily, owned the Pigg & Peach men’s clothing store which is located in the Historic Downtown part of Franklin, Tennessee.… More →
Wrap it up, Mr. Reynolds
Elisha B. Reynolds, born October 10, 1836, served three terms in the Indiana House of Representatives. He was an adamant supporter of prohibition and was much sought after as a speaker. In fact, when the citizens of Kanas approved its prohibition amendment in 1880, Kansas Governor John St. John reportedly gave much of the credit to Elisha. Kansas remained a “dry” state… More →
My first post
Welcome to my blog. If you’re not interested in genealogy, my family tree or the identity of my 4th cousin 6 times removed, then you’re not going to get much out of this blog. Six months ago I had no interest in genealogy whatsoever. That all changed when I saw one of those banner ads for the ethnicity DNA tests offered by Ancestry.com. Having a parent, grandparents… More →