This is a continuation of the Burdick story which I told last month. The Westerly, Rhode Island, ancestors are so intertwined with each...

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

The Palmer surname probably originated from the Crusades when their ancestors traveled to the Holy Lands in the 1100s. When they...

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...