Last week I wrote about receiving the Civil War pension document for my GGG Grandfather, Joseph Creed . Nancy, of My Ancestors and Me , brou...

Last week I received the full military pension file (NATF 85D) for Joseph M. Creed that I first mentioned here . The file came in less then ...

My family has deep military roots and many connections to the state of Virginia. In fact, I have found a connection that came full circle at...

I finally broke down and spent $75. On a pension file. Am I crazy? I recently read on several other genealogy blogs that fellow researcher...

If you are a member of Ancestry.com, or a frequent visitor, you have no doubt noticed that over the July 4th weekend, Ancestry.com offered f...

Over the weekend I received an email from a cousin asking if I had done any research on Elmer Dudgeon, a distant uncle. I checked my family ...

David and Mary Reed were my fourth great grandparents. I have written here and here about my search for more information on David's se...

A few days ago I was browsing through some genealogy blogs and came across a comment that I found interesting. I can't remember now wher...

I have many military veterans in my family. In order to keep them straight, and to have a "quick view" of which ancestor participa...

I wrote here about a very distant cousin named James S. Trabue and my discovery that he had been killed in action on the last day of World ...

Peace by John Rubens Smith. John Rubens Smith Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division As I mentioned in this p...

One thing I love about blogging is that it helps me to find loose ends in my family tree. In my efforts to find topics to blog about, I have...

As I have mentioned, I am fascinated by my military ancestors. I enjoy tracking their service and have found ancestors that have participate...

My Kuhn line is filled with men who served their country. Our military legacy stretches back to the Revolutionary War, which means a large p...

Leroy C. Kuhn My family has a long history of serving in the military. Being a military member myself and a military spouse I feel a clos...