Quilts, Gravestones, and Elusive Ancestors

The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in Montclair, NJ, are in full bloom with more than 14,000 irises in 26 flower beds. The gardens were named ...

All it took was one cloudless day to set the wheels in motion to design a quilt of the land formations that I saw as I flew cross-country fr...

Livingston's 200th Birthday is next year and I'm on the Cemetery Committee. There are 5 historic cemeteries in town: Baldwin Family ...

Robert Bower, my maternal 2nd great-grandfather, emigrated from Liverpool to New York in 1856 on board the tall ship, William Tapscott. He f...

There are so many things to do and see when you spend time at a cabin in the woods especially when you're near a river. I once thought I...