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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)

  • Van Bunschoten, Van Benschoten, Benschoter

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)

  • Ingalls & Seaward – Sibbel Seaward’s Ancestors

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)

  • McNalls

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)

  • Vipond and Taylor: A Timeline

Williams (WI, MN, England)

  • Histories, Mysteries and Little Old Ladies
  • John & Margaret Williams
  • Mercer Raceabout Type 35

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
  • Family History Photo Project
  • 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!

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