Solomon Angst travelled from Switzerland to Canada as a young boy with his family. He settled in Ontario for several years, but then moved all the way to the west coast and settled in Washington state. Like so many of my family, he was a farmer. I … [Continue reading] about Ancestor History Solomon Angst
What I’ve been working on
Ancestor History Ann Lee
In writing a history for Ann Lee, it was difficult to find much information. She had a short life and not a great deal of documentation was available. A large family filled in much space, but it is sad that I could not find out more about her life. … [Continue reading] about Ancestor History Ann Lee
Who is the right Sarah
As I started to write my ancestor history on Ann Lee, I realized that I could not write it yet. The first sentence is normally about who my ancestor's parents are. As there was confusion over Sarah Holgate's name and birthplace, I needed to sort … [Continue reading] about Who is the right Sarah
Ancestor History Charles Parr
When you are creating family trees for genealogy, sometimes you need to make decisions about who to include. In Charles's case, we knew he was the adoptive, rather than the biological father of Agnes Parr. Do we include adoptive families or only … [Continue reading] about Ancestor History Charles Parr
Ancestor History Anders Johansson
Anders Johansson was a farmer. He was born a farmer's son and worked on farms all his life. When he was 17 he started working on other people's farms and moved fairly frequently as a young man until he ended up back on the farm next door … [Continue reading] about Ancestor History Anders Johansson
