This post is about using DNA testing in an attempt to discover my direct ancestor Thomas Chapman's unknown origins and a bit about the...

FADE IN: TITLE: April 25, 1865. Albany NY EXT. A RAILYARD, DAYTIME. A TRAIN WITH A RAILCAR DRAPED IN BLACK BUNTING IS STANDING IN THE...

This post was going to be about Harvey Edward Chapman's suicide and efforts by his father Addison to retrieve his body for burial. But...

This is Arno Wolff Meyers, my great-grandfather. He was considered very handsome. As an adult, he was a traveling salesman and a bit of a...

A year or two ago, I ran across this 1931 newspaper clipping about Morris and Fannie Meyer's Golden Anniversary in a box of family...

I have five direct ancestors that fought in the Union Army during the US Civil War. At least three of them, possibly more, became members...

Bernard Neal Chapman, my Dad's first cousin, survived the torpedoing of his ship, the USS Benjamin Harrison, by U-boats during WW II....

The surname Chapman is most frequently found in England and Wales, and the English speaking countries Australia, Canada and the USA....

Both my 2nd great grandmother, Miriam Cohen, and her sister Yetta Witkofsky, perished in the worst US theater fire in 1903 Chicago. The...

This reference is for those who might wonder about the people I write about and how they're related to me. First, here's a chart with my...

When I first came across this photo of my 2nd great grandmother, Mary Fitzgerald, I thought I was looking at a photo of myself...

My subject this week is a bit of a stretch for the topic "Outcast". I'm going to describe some of the political, economic, and religious...

A hundred years ago, newspapers, especially small local papers, could be considered their times social media platforms. On-goings of...

This week's topic is about my great-great grandfather's headstone. It has the wrong date of his death. Oops. Addison G. Chapman was born...

This week I want to write about my mother, Emily McGreal Chapman. She passed away in 2021 and I miss her terribly. As children, we tend...

This is Emma Meyers. I knew her as "Auntie" although she is my great great-aunt. She passed away when I was 10 years old. She was born...

This is David Greening. I like this photo - David looks confidently at the camera, his hand resting lightly on the chair beside him....

I have many ancestors I'd like to meet (I'm looking at you Thomas Chapman!) but one that I'm particularly curious about is my 3rd great...

Like the road to hell, in 2022 I had good intentions to participate in this genealogy blogging challenge by Amy Johnson Crow. The concept...