My cousin, Inge Johansen, alerted me on Facebook that this year marks the 1000th anniversary of the Mosterhamn church’s role in...

Note: For a century, it was believed that Thomas Dewey lived in Sandwich, Kent, England, before immigrating to America. However, things...

My wife's eighth great-grandfather was Gijsbert Op Ten Dijck (Gilbert Updyke), who arrived in New Amsterdam in 1635. So before we uncover...

I stumbled onto the story of Uncle Owen Fitzpen and thought I would tell it to the family in the context of the Phippen/Fitzpen family. I...

The progeniture of the American Wightman family was George Wightman, born in England, possibly London itself, on November 4, 1632. His...

Unfortunately, there are missing links with some lineages that, if found, would provide some very interesting stories. The Westcott story...

This story begins in Hatfield, Board Oak in the County of Essex, England, a village of about 1000 people, two miles south of London...

This family story begins In Shropshire County, England, the least populated county in England, located on the border of Wales. It was...

Thomas Minor was born on April 23, 1608, in Chew Magna, County Somerset, England. He was the son of Clement Minor and Sarah Pope. Chew...

Not much is known about the Miller family when they were in Pennsylvania. They were German immigrants, but I am stuck when Jakob Miller...

In the last article, I wrote about George Stillman’s wife (Jane Pickering) and her ancestors. In this article, we turn our attention to...

This story is in two parts. First, I will start with Jane Pickering, and in the following article, I will focus on her husband, George...

Edward Rainsford/Raynesford was the third son of Robert and Mary (Kirton) Rainsford, Esquire, of Staverton, in Northampton County,...

In September 2017, I wrote an article on Norway's famous stave churches, primarily built in the post-Viking age between the 10th and 14th...

My dad’s mother’s mother was a Jenssen who immigrated from Norway. A portion of the Jenssen family has deep roots in Kristiansand,...

Børre Andreas Jenssen was a carpenter living in Kristiansand, Norway, born there on 9 June 1831. He was the son of Jens Christiansen from...

When I think of Norway, the first things that come to mind are Vikings, fjords, and stave churches. When I began researching this topic,...

When Dawn and I were in Tromsø, Norway, in 2005, we saw the Tromsø Lutheran Cathedral, built in 1861. It has the distinction of being...

None of my ancestors worshiped in the Høvåg church, but it is the home congregation of my cousin, Magda Eide Jessen, whose husband,...