The Palmer surname probably originated from the Crusades when their ancestors traveled to the Holy Lands in the 1100s. When they...

The Nelson ancestors originated in the rural areas surrounding the town of Lyngdal, Vest-Agder, west of Kristiansand. My...

Jensine Caroline Jenssen was born on 18 September 1854, baptized on 22 October 1854, and confirmed as Jensine Caroline Børresdatter...

Like several Cook family ancestors, it is believed the Bingham ancestors came to England as part of the Norman invasion in 1066, the last...

What the heck are you thinking writing about surfing, Dean? Is there a Norwegian American who is a famous surfer? Maybe, but no, that is...

My wife and I only met my cousin, Joyce, once, but for several years, we corresponded with each other about many things and felt like she...

Richard Gale was born in 1618, but we do not know where he was born (we assume England) or who his parents were. Many have speculated...

Life is an adventure full of challenges that either break or create a person. They can either open doors or, through bitterness, close them. This series of articles is about the challenges I faced and the lessons I learned, often the hard way, in walking with God. How could I walk with a God when I could not see Him, usually could not hear Him, and many times, who had many different ideas than mine, and faced opposing forces on earth and within my very nature to what He was d

This story is much shorter than most of my biographies, but Nathaniel Oak had some interesting experiences worth retelling. His origins...

I have often stumbled upon blog topics quite by accident. This topic is an example, and it grabbed my immediate attention. Hopefully, I...

This is a story I received from Marie (Miller) Howeth. How much do you know about Marie and her early years? I have some information,...

Note: For a century, it was believed that Thomas Dewey lived in Sandwich, Kent, England, before immigrating to America. However, things...

It is always fun to find evidence of the early ancestors today. In the case of John Randall, I found that his son's house still exists in...

The last two biographies discussed the Updike family. This biography continues with the biography of Richard Smith, husband of Catherine...

Lodowick OpDenDyck's son was yet another Gysbert (later called Gilbert). He was born in Wesel, baptized there on September 25, 1605, and...

My wife's eighth great-grandfather was Gijsbert Op Ten Dijck (Gilbert Updyke), who arrived in New Amsterdam in 1635. So before we uncover...

I have tracked my family back to the Viking kings, and most Norwegian Americans pride themselves if they can do it. But my wife’s...

I stumbled onto the story of Uncle Owen Fitzpen and thought I would tell it to the family in the context of the Phippen/Fitzpen family. I...

There are two unrelated Clarke lineages in our family tree, one on the Cook side. But this article focuses on the one on the Miller side....

The progeniture of the American Wightman family was George Wightman, born in England, possibly London itself, on November 4, 1632. His...