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Nantucket Memories 2

Nantucket Memories 2

We revisited Nantucket in 2009 to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary.  While there we also had the opportunity to enjoy not only the beauty of the island, but to also explore some of its rich history. Ruth's grandmother, Susan Hervey Wales’ (1889-1989) great...

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20 Tools

20 Tools

In March 2017 I presented a lecture on "20 Tools I Used to Break Down a Brick Wall I Never Knew I Had."    Following extensive research on my paternal grandmother's family, I discovered in September 2015 that my father was adopted!   Thus began a whole new search for...

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Peter Geib – Naturalization 1838

Peter Geib – Naturalization 1838

This week I discovered the court document for Peter Geib’s naturalization on 29 October 1838 in Mercer County, Ohio.  Previously I noted that Peter and his family arrived in New York from Germany on 19 July 1836.   16 months later he purchased land just east of New...

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Peter Geib – Germany to Ohio – 1836

Peter Geib – Germany to Ohio – 1836

On July 19, 1836, 180 years ago today, a young Peter Geib, his wife Elizabet, along with her parents, Valentin and Margaretha Keller, arrived in New York City from Le Havre, France aboard the ship “Baltimore.” Also on the passenger list was a one year old child,...

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Job Lane House

Job Lane House

Job Lane (1689-1762) On a sunny August Sunday afternoon in 2008, Ruth and I visited a home first built by Ruth’s 7thgreat-grandfather, Job Lane (1689-1762). Located on the Old North Road, just north of Bedford, Massachusetts, the home was built by Job Lane for his...

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Looking for the family of William Inhoff

Looking for the family of William Inhoff

Today I added this page detailing what I know so far about my paternal grandfather, William Inhoff, who came as a 14 year old from Germany to Hardin County, Ohio.  In searching the ship's list of passengers, I can't find any family names that I recognize.  Could he...

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Rev. Abner Goff (1782-1857)

Rev. Abner Goff (1782-1857)

One of my most cherished church records is a tribute to my 3rd great grandfather, Rev. Abner Goff published in the Minutes of the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1857, the year of his death.  Born in 1782 in Vermont, the Goff family came to...

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Still Making Canoes at the Age of 76

Still Making Canoes at the Age of 76

During our recent trip to Moosehead Lake, Maine, we visited the Moosehead Historical Society in Greenville Junction.    This was just a short walk from where Ruth's mother grew up.   Following an excellent guided tour, we stopped in the office to see what they might...

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