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Photo: covered wagon. Credit: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives; Wikimedia Commons.

Fearless Frontiers: ‘It Reads like Fiction – But All So True’ (part 2)

By James Pylant on September 16, 2025

In this article, James Pylant writes more about the extraordinary life and adventures of a relative on his family tree, Harry Wham... (Read More)

Photo: covered wagon. Credit: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives; Wikimedia Commons.

Fearless Frontiers: ‘It Reads like Fiction – But All So True’ (part 1)

By James Pylant on September 15, 2025

In this article, James Pylant writes about the extraordinary life and adventures of a relative in his family tree, Harry Wham... (Read More)

Illustration: map showing John Gorham's Point, Halifax, Nova Scotia, by M. Harris, 1750. Credit: Nova Scotia Archives; Wikimedia Commons.

Gorham’s Rangers Revisited (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on September 12, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry explores America’s colonial history, focusing on Captain John Gorham and his Native American Rangers... (Read More)

Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 50 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on September 10, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Richard Guy Migliori Jr., a descendant of Elder William Brewster... (Read More)

Illustration: scene along the Salem, Massachusetts, waterfront, c. 1770–1780, by Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Scions of Salem Merchants and Mariners (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on September 5, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about descendants of the merchants and mariners who prospered in Salem, Massachusetts... (Read More)

Illustration: scene along the Salem, Massachusetts, waterfront, c. 1770–1780, by Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Scions of Salem Merchants and Mariners (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on September 3, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about descendants of the merchants and mariners who prospered in Salem, Massachusetts... (Read More)

Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 49 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 20, 2025

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing again on the millionaire inventors the Ball brothers, descendants of William Bradford... (Read More)

Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 49 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 18, 2025

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on the millionaire inventors the Ball brothers, descendants of William Bradford... (Read More)

Photo: an ambrotype of Jacob Hamblin recently discovered in the private collection of Ipson Dodd. It was first shared at the 2019 Jacob Hamblin Family Reunion in St. George, Utah, hosted by the Jacob Hamblin Legacy Organization. Photo credit: Jacob Allred.

Jacob Hamblin: ‘Mayflower’ and Wampanoag Connections? (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 15, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Jacob Hamblin, a Mormon pioneer known as the “Buckskin Apostle,” focusing on his fifth wife, Louisa Bonelli... (Read More)

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