Silver Linings Deed Book

I've had a bit of extra time on my hands, thanks to my immunocompromised status and a certain pandemic that just won't end. It has been frustrating, and sad, and boring, but the silver lining is always there. This time, it appeared as a rabbit hole that led straight to where the Lilly family landed in Pennsylvania.

February 20, 2022 6

The Map to Frederick

Mistakes keep us humble, don't they? How about the time I researched the wrong ancestor because I didn't look at a map Yep...that happened.

September 29, 2019 2

Dangerous Assumptions

William Bass was too young to serve in the Revolutionary War in 1779, or so I assumed. I was wrong.

July 28, 2019 5

Yes, these walls can talk

I looked at the pictures of the 120-year-old home and wondered about the people who lived there before I did. Would these walls talk? Yes, they would.