Families & Available Posts
Atchison (MN, WI, VT, MA)
- Atchinson & Packard
- Early Atchinsons in America (with a bit about the Burts in MA)
- The Efner Atchison Breakthrough
- Three Generations of Atchisons
Benschoter (IA, MN, OH, NY, NJ, Netherlands)
Fjerstad (MN, Norway)
- Appreciation for an Old Photograph
- Fjerestad versus Fjeseth
- The Fjerstad Breakthrough
- The Fjerstad Timeline
- West of the Moon and Norwegian Emigration
Holman (MN, SD, IA, IL, VT)
- Great Old Photograph of George Holman & Nellie Benschoter
- Holman Timeline for Four Generations
- Heritage Pages – Or What to Do with all that Research (examples feature George & Charles Holman)
- Solomon Holman and Y-DNA
Ingalls & Seaward (NY, RI, MA, CT, England)
Laitala & Kempainen (MN, Finland)
- 1938 Photo Essay – Gertrude Middendorp & Sulo Laitala
- Ellis Island and Immigration
- Finnish Ancestors On My Mind
- Kettle River, MN
- The Laitala Farm through Time – A Photo Essay
- Mesabi Pioneers
- William & Katri Laitala – A Finnish Family in Northern Minnesota
- William Laitala’s Ancestors
LeClair & LaBlanc (WI, Quebec)
- LaBlanc Cousins in 1941
- The Mystery of Peter LeClair – The Birth Breakthrough!
- The Mystery of Peter LeClair – The Cannon City Breakthrough
- Wild Aunt Rose
McNalls (CT, NY)
Middendorp & Iwwerks (WI, MN, SD, Netherlands, Ostfriesland)
- Ancestors of Renie Middendorp
- John & Dena Middendorp
- The Middendorp Kids
- Surprise! From Disney to Ostfriesland
Vipond & Taylor (MN, IL, OH, IA, England)
Williams (WI, MN, England)
Genetic Genealogy Posts
- 5 Highlights from A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
- AncestryDNA Results
- Ethnicity Percentages
- Marie Marguerie and mtDNA
- mtDNA – Part 2
- Native American DNA
- Review: The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy
- Solomon Holman and Y-DNA
Miscellaneous Posts
- The 1918 Flu Pandemic
- Ancestor Ornaments
- Family History Month is Coming in October
- The Family Tree of the Characters from Once Upon a Time
- The First Peacetime Draft in the US
- French Tips for Genealogists (who don’t speak French)
- Generations
- Heritage Pages – Or What to Do with all that Research
- Immigrant Exhibits
- Longevity!
- Mayflower Ancestors
- Military Service
- Ripples in the Pond – A Non-Traditional Chart
- RootsTech 2021
- RootsTech 2023
Still to Come – Posts on these Families
- Caza
- Harrington
- Houle/Houde
- LaBlanc
- Parenteau
- Van Juchum
- Washburn
Note about Descendants
I do have a lot of information about living descendants as well, but of course I can’t publish it publicly to protect their privacy. Contact me directly if you are interested in descendants and cousins!