November 11th is Veterans’ Day and I thought it might be interesting to write an article about the Civil War Veterans in the family tree....

Not all stories are fun to tell, for every lineage has tragedies and heartaches. One such tragic story was that of Stephen Frederick...

This final part of Nathan's diary begins with a well-deserved leave of absence. He left Virginia for home on July 25. 1863. He traveled...

We begin this second part of Nathan’s diary after his thirty-day furlough. He is now in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 24, 1862. “… as my...

Uncle Doc, as Clella Cook Miller lovingly referred to Nathan Levi Parmater, was born on September 2, 1835, in Louisville, St. Lawrence...

My wife has always been proud of her Scottish heritage, so trying to find out more about the Blair lineage has been a goal of mine for a...

Not all stories are fun to tell, for there are tragedies and heartaches within every lineage. One such tragic story was that of Stephen...

Several family ancestors served in the Civil War, all on the side of the North. In my research of these families, I found that, like all...