A number of events occurred recently that motivated me to do some spring cleaning. The first was a crash in the middle of a Saturday night as my husband and I were sleeping. He got up to investigate and discovered …
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I picked “The Rock Hole” off the New Mysteries shelf entirely because of the author’s name. I just knew “Reavis Z. Wortham” had to be an old country boy who could tell a good tale. And by golly, I was …
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Not all mystery-lovers want blood and gore, thank you very much. Some of us prefer to follow amateur detectives relying more on wits than weapons and look for books written in the style of Agatha Christie. An organization called Malice …
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In January 1853, Peter Nichols built the first home in what is known today as the town of Ashland in Boone County, Missouri. In celebration of the town’s 160th birthday, Marjory Johnson, Pat Nichols, Larry Rice and myself, all of …
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Humans’ attempts to improve themselves go back for centuries. The ancient Babylonians made promises to their gods to repay their debts at the beginning of each year. Medieval knights took vows to re-affirm their commitment to chivalry at the end …
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Have a family historian on your holiday shopping list? Here is my list of five great gifts any genealogist would love to receive. An application for a library card. In addition to the genealogy databases Ancestry.com Library Edition and HeritageQuest …
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