Here’s where the story ends…maybe

The end of Eugene Fisher's story remained elusive until I went back to the foundation of it all. And by rebuilding the beginning, I found the ending.

January 10, 2022 5

When Little Mary Met Little Mary

Did my Gram really pose for a photo with Hollywood legend Mary Pickford? I just had to find out...but I never expected Gram to show up in the middle of the 2020 COVID lockdown.

March 9, 2021 8

June Brides and Lockdowns

When I wanted to learn more about my great-grandparents' wedding, I thought it would probably take a week or so to find that one record I really needed. It wouldn't be THAT difficult to find, would it? Oh, pre-lockdown me, you were so optimistic...and so very, very wrong.

March 4, 2021 8

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.