Roots & Rabbit Holes

Charles Barr, my great-great grandfather, was originally from Canada. He eventually moved to Salem, Massachusetts where he worked for...

Week 39 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Road Trip. Back in 1931 when my Grampy Phil and his cousin, Wilfred Barr, were...

This week – week 35 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge -- we get to go wild and write about whatever we want (Free Space!). I...

“How Do You Spell That?” is the theme for week 15 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, and from the moment I started brainstorming ideas, I knew...

This week’s theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks is Branching Out, which brings me back to Grampy Phil’s binders. In them, he tells the...