Ancestral Findings

Labor Day arrives each September, signaling the close of summer and the approach of autumn. Many people see it as a three-day weekend for rest, cookouts, or back-to-school shopping. Yet beneath the sa...

31 Aug 202511min

Some families have stories that begin with war but continue through decades of work that followed. A man who served in a supply battalion later owned a hardware store. A woman who drove an ambulance i...

30 Aug 20258min

War has a way of pausing life. Plans are put on hold. Relationships are delayed. Young people grow older quickly. And when the fighting ends, the urge to settle down often comes fast — sometimes with ...

29 Aug 20257min

The guns fell silent on November 11, 1918. But for millions of American "Doughboys" — the nickname given to U.S. infantrymen in World War I — the story didn't end there. They returned home changed, st...

27 Aug 20257min

For generations, families quietly wondered why a veteran ancestor drank too much, kept to themselves, startled at loud noises, or refused to talk about the war. Some were labeled "nervous," "moody," o...

25 Aug 20256min

When the Second World War ended in 1945, it didn't just bring a global conflict to a close — it launched millions of lives into motion. Soldiers, sailors, nurses, airmen, and civilians who had served ...

22 Aug 20256min

When we think about Revolutionary War ancestors, we usually picture them in uniform—standing guard at a winter camp, marching along a dusty road, or writing letters home with inky quills and weary han...

21 Aug 20256min

When the Civil War ended in 1865, the United States was scarred but standing. The fields were silent, the guns were still, and the soldiers — Union and Confederate alike — began the long journey home....

18 Aug 20256min