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Two Families, One Common Ancestor, Two Hundred Miles Apart
December 19, 2023
The Imnaha River of Northeastern Oregon. Surrounded by some of the most spectacular and rugged landscapes in the Pacific Northwest,…
Sarah Alice Manwaring – Memoirs of a young girl on the Oregon Trail in 1869
November 29, 2023
The following account was written by Sarah A. Manwaring (transcribed from the original by family) as she and her family…
When the Wildlife Was Wild…
November 14, 2023
The interview above took place in 1989 and contains Howard's memories related to working for the Oregon State Police's Game…
Falling Prey to the Seduction of Family Connections
November 1, 2023
Can you name the famous descendants of the Mayflower passengers? (answers) In the previous blog, The Pursuit of Family Connections,…
The Pursuit of Family Connections
October 24, 2023
Some sixty years ago I lived in Latah County in north Idaho. Latah, according to the Nimíipuu, is the place…
The Golden Nugget (Revised)
October 4, 2023
In family research, while we dredge through archives, untangle archaic script in old documents, and build our family trees, there…
Woodmen of the World
September 29, 2023
Woodmen of the World, Baker City, Oregon 1894 Top Row: Duane Terry, Samuel White, C. Y. Burr, Dr. T. N.…
John Francis Freeman, Diary 1852
September 28, 2023
I have yet to find an Oregon Trail diary written by a member of the train that my Fisk family…
Mining for Family Part II ~ Jesse Brown ~ Cornucopia, Oregon
August 18, 2023
The Brown & Pierce Store, Circa 1900's, Cornucopia, Oregon. Next to the man leaning against the post is a small…
To Oregon With Ox Teams: The Diary of Charles A. Brandt,1851 – Contributed by Loa Mize
July 14, 2023
The account of this trip is taken from a journal kept by C. A. Brandt. He kept a daily account…
Embracing Historical Figures within Our Family Trees
July 13, 2023
In a recent post on another site, an individual described her family connections and their settling of various rural communities…
Wagontires & Strawberries – Place Names and Family
July 3, 2023
As Ralph Fisk relates in Grandfather's Story, "On April 10, 1864, a beautiful sunshine morning, he [Nathan Fisk] set out…
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