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...

Grider and Charles Horst III on Easter Sunday ca. 1915    Birmingham, Alabama This photo was taken about 1915 in front of the Horst'...

James Benjamin Flemming (1889-1932) James Benjamin Flemming was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 27, 1889. He was the seve...

Newly Restored Donegal Castle Donegal Castle , built by the elder Sir Hugh O'Donnell in 1474 (that's 538 years ago!), is located...

In honor of St. Patrick's Day and our Irish ancestry, I wanted to highlight a former leader of the kingdom of Tyrconnell - Hugh O'D...

Charlotte Elizabeth McCluskey , my great-great-great-grandmother, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 15, 1838. Her parents,...

Jacques Omer Fortier , born in 1813, is my 3rd-great-grandfather. His father was Jacques Omer Fortier  (1792-1823); his grandfather, too, w...

 Jeanette, Odalie & Luciana On the Front Porch Swing This is a photograph of my great-great-grandmother Odalie Fortier Horst (185...

Barbara Frisse Brunett (1822-1893) St. Jacques Catholic Church Seingbouse, Moselle, Lorraine, France Barbara Frisse was born on May...