The Heritage Huntress

This prompt is a week late, and there is a substantial gap since the last post. Although this quarantine theoretically provides more tim...

The Stroesser home, at 417 N. 40th, Omaha, Nebraska. The first thought that came to mind upon seeing the prompt "Fire" was...

Grandpa Red, Vinis Brosius, spent a lot of time in the water. My dad mentioned to me the other evening that he remembers Lowell (Red's ...

It is somewhat ironic that I nearly forgot to write a blog post this week, when the theme is "Nearly Forgotten." I was distracted ...

How to be very, very popular That is the subject, friends. A gal with charm can walk off the farm And start earning dividends If s...

A horse and buggy in 1909 On the road, 1909  by Fylkesarkivet i Vestland , on Flickr. No known copyright restrictions. When I saw that ...

Katie Sandwina, "The Lady Hercules," lifting three men Bain News Service / Public domain It is incredibly difficult to narrow...

Although I have been unable to find an example, surely in my nearly nine years of blogging I have alluded to the fact that my Grandpa Jack&...

The theme of Prosperity brings to mind my great-grandfather Walter Underwood's sister and her husband. The newspaper article celebrati...

Although I could never choose one all-time favorite discovery, there is an easy candidate for my favorite discovery of the past week. It hap...

This week's prompt is another one that has caused me difficulty, but this time because of the wealth of options. I could write about the...

This prompt has proven the most difficult for me thus far this year, although "So Far Away" should seem an easy prompt for an Amer...

Lowell Brosius, my Grandpa Red's brother, was born in Sedan, Kansas 21 Mar 1913. When his father died in 1920, he moved with his mother ...

Ever since I was a child and first saw one in action, I have harbored a secret desire to become a blacksmith. It wasn't until decades la...

The prompt for Week 2 of the  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks  challenge this year is "Favorite Photo."  My first reaction when I saw t...

Last year I began the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge a little late in the year and tried to catch up. After a few weeks I was only fall...

The prompt for Week 4 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge this year was "I'd Like to Meet."  Like any genealogist, th...

The prompt for Week 3 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge this year was "Unusual Name."   The six eldest Brosius kids: ...