Family History

Marilyn Erickson

Marilyn Erickson has an interesting set of three family history stories that she wrote “to check out the verbal family stories and connect them to documentation and photos.”

James Tracy

Drawing on his training as a historian, his patience and more than a little serendipity, Jim Tracy put together an account of his family history.  “This account is for our family, if not now, perhaps later, I hope it may also be of interest for others looking into the history of their families.” 

Craig Swan

Then there are the unexpected things that happen…

… like a box of family history from a cousin that was completely unexpected.  Perhaps it is like an unexpected DNA match.

Dale Lange

I have developed a special interest in my seventh great grandfather, Michael Pierce… Putting together the pieces of Michael’s life has been an interesting journey, even if at times complicated and confusing. I have learned to evaluate sources that tell different stories and cannot agree on what one might think are basic facts like when and where someone was born. I have learned to accept and live with these and other ambiguities.

Craig Swan

How I learned, this summer, that my great aunt, one of my paternal grandfather’s sister, was included in a fresco at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  As far as I know she is the only relative of mine who is part of a fresco anywhere in the world.

Will Craig

Starting with a short family story from my Grandmother, I traced and documented the Civil War experiences of my great grandfather, George Swift.

Lynn Anderson

My paternal grandfather Hildum Anselm Anderson was in France during the WWI and in France, Luxembourg, and Germany after WWI...

John Anderson

Using information gathered from family members I have put together a document about my paternal grandfather's family consisting of names, spouse names, progeny and birth dates that includes more than a hundred persons.

Ron Matross

I wanted to share with my descendants my memories of growing up on the edge of Yellowstone Park.

Jim Lewis

My husband and I helped my mother write her autobiography.

Karen LaBat

I have letters my father wrote to his parents during World War II. He served in the Cannon Company, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.

Gary Engstrand

My parents’ albums, dating from the early 1900s to the 1960s, were falling apart and the pages were yellowing. I put everything on acid-free paper/plastic so I could at least preserve the photos.

Will Craig

…how I've organized photos for my family.