Bringing home the boys of the 28th Wisconsin

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Bringing home the boys of the 28th Wisconsin

I was searching for something unrelated when I came across a collection of 20 carte-de-visite portraits of Civil War soldiers in a 1917 edition of the Oregon Daily Journal. According to the short article, the…

Sara August 15, 2021 0

A portrait of Sarah Warren, Lowell Warren and Catherine Jors

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Mystery photo: A genealogy challenge

As a fun genealogy challenge, I occasionally pick up old photos at antique stores and try to track down their identities with the goal of rehoming the photographs back to family members who will appreciate…

Sara July 6, 2021 0

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Nevada Stewart’s Four Weddings and a Funeral

I went down a rabbit hole this weekend studying a distant cousin named Nevada Stewart (1863-1922) — my second cousin, 4x removed if you’re keeping track. Normally I wouldn’t detour so far off the course…

Sara May 27, 2020 2

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Unburied Treasure: The Adventures of Preston Horner

In some ways, Preston Horner is a strange place to begin this blog. But then again, everything about this story is extraordinary, and I suppose that’s why it needs to be told. I’ve been researching…

Sara April 4, 2019 0