ROOTS & BRANCHES

I came to the conclusion, much to my horror, that I never appear to have mentioned my long-time friend and old journalism colleague Edward Mason “Ted” Anthony IV in the “Roots & Branches” column. Which is a shame on so many levels since even back when he was a somewhat wet-behind-the-ears police reporter for The …

I finally expect to being going to the Sharonville Convention Center north of Cincinnati, Ohio. I say “finally” because I was originally planning to be at this venue for the 2021 International German Genealogy Partnership conference. But many of you likely remember what happened to that conference … COVID-19 caused it to be morphed into …

I’ve mentioned Glenn Riegel, an award-winning photographer and boyhood acquaintance of mine, in “Roots & Branches” a couple of times previously. That’s because he’s also interested in his family’s history and occasionally tosses some anomalies he encounters my way. Like the one he recently asked about on New Year’s Eve. “So, I was just looking …

The first genealogy conference I ever attended was in Lancaster, PA, nearly 40 years ago. In just a few months, I’ll be going to the Lancaster area again from June 18 to 20 when Palatines to America’s biennial national conference comes to the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton, 2400 Willow Street Pike, Lancaster, PA 17602 with …