The Heritage Huntress

Way back in 2013, I wrote a post sharing the first newspaper articles I had ever seen regarding the murder of my great-great-grandfather Jo...

This is the will of my 6great-grandfather Abraham Steinbruch (also spelled Stainbrook). I love how, reading it aloud, you can practically he...

For this post, I owe a debt of thanks to my friend Debbie, who, while we were talking genealogy the other weekend, looked over my 5great-gra...

This deed immediately follows the deed presented in last week's post, and was created on the same date of 13 Feb 1797. Again, the heirs ...

Last week I alluded to the number of deeds regarding the Fox family in 1797-1798. Three have been found, all dated 13 Feb 1797, in which one...

This deed could prove quite interesting when I get to the point of analysis, as there are a number of deeds within the Fox family during thi...

I don't really have much to say about this one. Apart from Josiah Wade, who is almost certainly my 4great-grandfather, none of the name...