familystory

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

    Researching family history has been a hobby of mine since my late teens. There are times when I take a break, and I can leave it alone for several months, at most a year or so, but it always pulls me back and there are usually new documents that have been uploaded during my time

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  • A harsh Midwest winter…

    A harsh Midwest winter…

    … with Lars and Marie Gullickson found and passed down by: Aunt Ethel Oxtoby July 9th, 1885, at the age of sixteen, Marie was married to Lars Gullickson, a neighbor boy whose father had a claim near that of Christ Oxhovd. The  ceremony was held at a country church near Christine and was performed by

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