Sharing ancestors, one person at a time. Genealogy and history.
This week I am going to deviate from genealogy in that this is not an article on a particular ancestor. Instead, I am pursuing that rabbit hole of trying to understand French society, particularly of the higher classes. I have found some very interesting research papers and older publications that shed a little more light … Continue reading A Study in French Society
So, I haven’t really been working too hard to pin down the Cobe's exact origins in Ireland. Mostly because I am just at a loss. So, I joined a British Isle’s Facebook group and made an inquiry to see if there were any other Irish Cobe researchers across the pond (I’m that desperate, I’m down … Continue reading The Cobe Dilemma
Time flies when you have too much to do. Between starting a new home remodel project, helping two friends establish lineage to their Revolutionary Patriot, work, and warming weather (yard work, yard work, yard work), it is difficult to make much progress on the genealogical front. I continue to work through my Jacob Roth to … Continue reading Life in Prussia: A Kucks Story
Let's rewind once again, to Ohlrick Kucks. That old rascal who clipped his grandchildren's nails too short, hoarded the candy, and may have had an alias. I previously mentioned that another researcher through a different family line also recorded an alias story and gave his alias as Henry Brandt. But when would he have used … Continue reading The Kücks Tangled Web
Ok, so, the obvious thing to write about with the topic of newsworthy is ancestors in the news. Interestingly, the only two families that made it into the newspapers with any frequency were Hugh Coomer (he who started the paint store c. 1890) and the grandchildren of Daniel Rhoades (through Clarence's line) in Fort Wayne...but … Continue reading Newsworthy – A consolidated history
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