Austin, Scovill, Drake and Hughes

Sometimes -- just sometimes, there is a reward for obsessive behavior.  And victory is sweet. For the past couple of years, I have dilly d...

I used to really love the family reunions that we used to have at my grandfather's house on Bedford Road, in Urbandale, Michigan.  Actua...

So if Catherine Whaley and Amos Stout Drake did not live in the same community, how did they hook up? It's important that we remind ou...

I think I'm losing my damn mind. Today I woke up determined to prove one way or the other, which Catherine Whaley is mine, which you p...

First:  I wish I could buy every book I ever wanted regarding my Family Tree as well as all the states and places the lived, as well as book...

Dennis E Austin wrote home every once in a while, which says something about a grown ass man living far from his family.  It also says a lot...

I tell you, for someone that loves history, I sure didn't like history.  At least not the way that it was taught at South Junior High an...