civil-war

  • Stories Behind the Stars: Norman H. Lilly

    Stories Behind the Stars is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 400,000+ of the US WWII fallen here on Fold3. I’ve spent the last few weeks learning about Stories Behind the Stars, Fold3, and brushing up on my history and military knowledge. It’s safe to say that I have a

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  • When I start a family tree, I don’t really expect to find much. I started working on the Wadsworth/Groen/Maulsby tree to find Mauritz Groen, what his life might have looked like, and why he attempted to sell his children. I never imagined that following Mauritz’ family lineage back through the Maulsby’s and eventually ended up

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