Success isn't always measured in dollars and cents. Sometimes, it is measured in kindness and compassion.
The First Melcena
Why were my ancestors named after the first Melcena? Was she famous, or infamous? Did she live a life of adventure and intrigue? ell...not quite.
When Karen Became Carrie
So, let me get this straight: my step-third-great-grandmother was a Deadwood pioneer, a mystery, and a good old-fashioned genealogy logic problem...just waiting to be solved? Sign. Me. Up.
The Invisible Line
I traced the long line of the Baugh family lineage with an expectation of how things might have been. I wasn't prepared to discover how things really were.