Genealogy often leads to unexpected discoveries, and that’s exactly what happened when I came across an old photograph from 1876 of...

Margaret Farris Farr was a woman of about 32 years old when the Chickamauga Dam was being built to control flooding in Harrison County,...

When I acquired two mortgage documents from 1900 and 1901, I had no idea what a Chattel Mortgage was. Naturally, I had to do some...

Let me start this post by saying this is the largest collection of personal artifacts I've acquired and I'm rather sure I won't find...

Old wills make for interesting reading. You can learn a lot about a family in a few pages. Who's in favor, who's not, and sometimes the...

Anytime a box full of photos comes up at auction, I admit that I can't resist. Especially when they are piled up and I have no idea...

Old photo albums are beautiful in their own right but, when full of photos, they become a true treasure. Most of the time, there are only...

Usually, I only need a bit of information to find enough information to identify the person and or family in artifacts. This one has me...

One of my favorite artifacts to discover are family photo albums. Most likely, it's because a photo album of my own family started my...

Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore was a man who made an impact on his community. Born: 6 Sep 1863 in North Carolina Died: 29 Apr 1923 in Durham,...

When I first came across this photo, I didn’t think I’d uncover much about it. But, to my surprise, diving into the history of the J....

Check out the article about our work and this trunk's journey in the the Tennessean: The trunk told a tale of Hollywood scandal. Could a...

A Gentleman by Nature, Despite His Humble Beginnings. This is how Theophilus Brown (T.B.) Larimore was described in a printed booklet...

Just when I thought I had hit a brick wall with finding information on this original land deed from 1878, I noticed the front of the...

There is something about antique marriage certificates that speaks to me. Perhaps its because they are so beautifully designed or perhaps...

A bit of my own family history . . . It's common to hit a brickwall when looking for ancestors. In researching my maternal ancestors,...

Frank Lake Weller was born on 22 Nov 1852 in Holley, New York and it seems he raised his family and spent his entire life in the area. He...

The book from Ernst Rudolph Vogt's funeral service makes it clear; he was a respected member of his Texan community. The book is filled...

If you've ever seen a Middle Tennessee tobacco farm, it's an impressive site. Fields of large, green leaves in the Spring and barns full...

Who knew electric bills could be so inexpensive? In 1945, Dudley Snider paid $7.69 for his home and $2.00 for his fish camp for the...

This is my favorite find so far. I do love the 100+ year old marriage certificates but this document makes me smile every time I look at...

Leonard L Andres was a generous man. One could argue he still is. Before his passing in 1972, Leonard established The Andres Memorial...

I just acquired a scrapbook so full it's literally bursting at the seams. It contains the travels and adventures of Edythe (or Edith)...

On January 4, 1918, twenty eight year old Hans Eiler Boldt received a selective services postcard from the War Department. This postcard...