Read to the bottom for How to Use this Blog . I have been exploring genealogy since I was little, listening to all the stories told by Aunts Connie and Helena, Cousins Ann and Howie and Maurietta, Uncles Leonard and Arthur. There were m ore dead people in the stories than live ones, and they were lots more fun. This was way before it was anyone's hobby, when I was the only one who was interested. Sneaking into the Archives underage and running around graveyards. I was lost to the present, either reading books about Pilgrims or building stories in my head. Always asking, asking, asking. "How is he related to us? Who is their mother? What was her name, and her name, and her name? " While Aunt Anna said, "I don't want to find out anyone was arrested for stealing sheep." Now I find I know more stories about more people than anyone else. And I have more photos of other people's grandparents than anyone else, thanks to a mother who started taking pictures wh...
Flat Isaac travels around his namesake county looking for fun things to do to celebrate America's 250th birthday! Follow him on Facebook! Of course, he didn't look like this. He looked more like the guy sitting on the rock in plain clothes. Isaac was a militiaman, and they didn't have uniforms, but brought their own supplies from home. - Isaac Van Wart, Revolutionary War Hero - when three regular guys stopped the death of a newborn nation What's another word for traitor? Back-stabber? Two-timer? Snake? If you look the word traitor up in the dictionary, the name Benedict Arnold is actually there as a synonym. Not a joke. You know it's really bad if your name has become a word that means selling out your own people. A legend in my first husband's family was that some ancestor, Isaac Van Wart, had captured Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution. Back in the olden days when all we had for home research were boo...