England has 48 counties, also known as shires. Originally, England was run by various tribes whose boundaries were always in flux. When...

Lodowick OpDenDyck's son was yet another Gysbert (later called Gilbert). He was born in Wesel, baptized there on September 25, 1605, and...

In the last article, I honored family members who served in the Civil War. I thought I would take a step backward and recognize...

Americans cannot even begin to fathom what it must have been like for a nation to be invaded and conquered by a foreign power, but that...