On May 14, 1923, Angela Alice Hennegan was born to Dennis and Annie (nee McDougall) Hennegan in St Catherine’s Island, Canada. The youngest of 13 siblings, Nan as she…
Almost every American family history begins with the story of an immigrant. More than 100 million Americans have ancestors who immigrated through Ellis Island or the previous station, Castle Garden.…
On October 21, 1902, Lillian Rumsey Bronson was born to Sylvester Marris and Emma Jeanette (nee Huber) Bronson in Lockport, New York. She was the couple’s youngest child, following the…
On November 29, 1905, Dr. Mabel E. Carmer-Hill, was born to Grant and Eva Carmer in Clarence, New York. She experienced loss early in life, losing her mother before her…
Genealogy is now one of the most popular hobbies in America. But if you’ve done your share of family research you’ll agree with me when I say it’s NOT the…
Since the beginning of my own genealogy journey, I’m often asked why it matters where our ancestors came from, what wars they fought, how they lived or where their tombstones…
This story was found in the Niagara Falls Gazette on 7 November 1929: NORTH TONAWANDA, Nov, 7.-Giuseppe Gardino, 54 of 154 Thompson street, trackwalker in the employ of the New…
Take a moment to imagine what seeing Niagara Falls for the first time would have been for a person in 1804. This was before Niagara County was established (still being…
I recently learned that the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) website (dar.org) has a free resource of the Digital Magazine Archive spanning from 1892 - 2016. You can find…
One of the books that has been added to Archive.org is the Anthology and Bibliography of Niagara Falls by Charles Mason Dow. Dow was born 1 August 1854 in Randolph,…