I love October! I love the cooler weather, the changing leaves, decorating the yard for Halloween and celebrating my birthday. One special ...

In a previous post, I told the story of the house built in Mobile, Alabama , by my great-great-great-grandfather Martin Horst (1830-1878). ...

In my grandfather's Bible , my mother once found this small article from a long-forgotten newspaper (copyright 1920) that he had torn ...

On this, the 237th birthday of the United States of America, it seems the perfect time to celebrate not only our country's birth but als...

One Pair of Grandmom's Earbobs Treasures can come in all shapes and sizes. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a treasure...

First, I need to acknowledge that I know this isn't Thursday. It's Friday, Good Friday in fact. But as I thought about my post for t...

Stored in one of my mother's many closets in an upstairs bedroom is this family treasure - The Holy Bible given by Charles Frederick ...

Vintage Christmas Postcard  ca. 1900 In my father's family research folders there are thousands of pages of notes, copies of records...

Odalie Felice Fortier was born August 31, 1857 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the seventh child of eleven born to Jacques Omer Fortier ...

 Daniel Powell Thomas in Family Baptismal Gown November 1994  [This article appeared in the LifeStyle section of The Birmingham News...

It's my hope each Thursday to highlight one family keepsake that has been handed down two or more generations, and tell a little about i...