This story begins with Sir John Cooper of Pawlett, a small village in Somerset, England. Sir John was born in 1552 in Pawlett, Somerset,...

When I looked at the DNA origins section on Ancestry.com, I found a history of life in southern Norway, where my paternal Nelson-Jensen...

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....

Yes, your surname could have ended up with Beadle if you are a Cook ancestor. Eight generations of your Beadle ancestors, or for nearly...

It is believed that the Sisson family originated from Soissons, a commune (town) in northeastern France. This town has had a long history...

James Badcock/Babcock was born in 1612, perhaps in or near Wivenhoe, but most likely, in the County of Essex, England. Nothing has been...

When talking about the early Norwegians in America, it is either the Vikings or their mass migration in the 1800s and the early 1900s....

I am Norwegian! I am Lutheran! No apologies! No compromise! The two were always inseparable. I don’t know whether it was more traumatic...