Stories from Contributors
- May 15, 2026
John T. Hammack Leaves to Posterity Interesting Autobiography As printed in The Idaho Statesman, Sun, Sep 15, 1935 Editorial Note:…
February 5, 2026Loula Bebber (South) Humphreys was born in North Carolina in 1883 and passed away in Bend, Oregon in 1969. But…
July 16, 2025From the Supplement to the History of Union County #3 By Bernard Hug History of Union County, Oregon; No. 03…
December 22, 2024There may only be a whisper of the Illingworth family name in the Oregon Territory, but a closer examination reveals…
May 2, 2024I was researching the Cant Family and the Scottish community around Dayville, which led me to Murdock Murchison, which led…
February 27, 2024Isolation was a common feature for the scattered residents in the far reaches of the PNW. Until the 1910s, most…
January 2, 2024Here's a test of your genealogical research skills. It's been 90 years since Martin Hibbs was murdered along Granite Creek…
December 26, 2023I am continually amazed at the connections between families, stories, and histories. As I bring these stories alive, there starts…
December 24, 2023An account written by Arlene Blevans Reams of her life in Oregon (unedited) In a previous story of mine, "Two…
November 29, 2023The following account was written by Sarah A. Manwaring (transcribed from the original by family) as she and her family…
October 4, 2023In family research, while we dredge through archives, untangle archaic script in old documents, and build our family trees, there…
September 28, 2023I have yet to find an Oregon Trail diary written by a member of the train that my Fisk family…
