The Heritage Huntress

Last weekend I finally had an opportunity to spend a little bit of time at the Tillamook Library and go through a few historical issues ...

You may recall from a previous blog (“ Old Ben Wade ”) that I have long been in search of the origins of my great-great-great-grandfather. I...

(Continued from “ The Brosius Family: South Shenango,1862-1863 ”) A widow had to wear hideous black dresses without even a touch of b...

Today would have been my grandfather’s 87 th birthday. Would have been. Last month he passed away, and is at long last back with Grandma...

(Continued from “ The Brosius Family: South Shenango, 1861 .”) The petition of John McGranahan Administrator of the Estate of Ad...

Library of Congress [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Capitol building was a sight, looking strangely like a three-tiered wed...

Ahh, Halloween. All Hallow’s Eve. Celebrated down through the centuries even to today. But how was it celebrated by our ancestors? I can’...