I spent a lot of years of school studying history. And whether I was reading about the American colonies or medieval peasants or Roman soldiers or merchants on the silk road, I wondered where my ancestors were living during those moments, and what they were doing.

We all know that there is a story in which we are characters. The story was being written long before we were born, and will continue after we are gone.

Sites like ancestry.com have made it relatively easy for those interested in their own family history to dig into primary sources such as census data, tax records, land deeds, and wills and probate records. The combined efforts of thousands of other historians have produced an amazing volume of material, available anywhere you can access the internet. When I was home with two small babies, I marvelled at how much research I could do from my own house.

This blog is my contribution to the continuing story–a summary of some of the chapters I’ve discovered, an index of some of the characters and times and places that I’ve researched. I believe that all of these stories are actually telling one Great Story, and I am thankful to be part of it.

Soli Deo Gloria.

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