Life From The Roots

Did you ever have the desire to help a friend find somebody? How about trying to locate a young child who was adopted? That is what I did, ...

The Ray line is another old  Massachusetts  line of mine. The emigrant ancestor, John Putnam was my 10 th  great-grandfather. As usual, my d...

Antionette was married to my 1st cousin, 4x removed. DIED. At her residence in the Village of Momence, Wednesday, May 31, of consum...

Henry William Scramlin, father of Wealthy Melvina Scramlin and 12 other children. He was my 3rd great-granduncle. (Permission to use giv...

For years, at least 10, I've wanted to visit a cemetery in an area of Massachusetts I've never been, and never wanted to see. On a m...

Wealthy was my first cousin 4x removed. Photo and Obituary belong to Gary Hanna, and permission was granted for me to include in th...

Two wonderful pieces of information provided the documentation I needed to tie-up my research for William "Will" Scramlin, my 2n...

How long does it take FindAGrave to add a million grave records into their site? By my calculation it is now taking just a little over ...

Amos H. Adams           Testator State of New York , Genesee County Surrogate ’s Court, To the Surrogate’s Court of the County ...

Momence, Illinois Photos used with permission, thanks to Gary Hanna, my recently discovered 5th cousin. He and I share the Scramlin / ...