Carol Stetser
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Veteran’s Day
November 11, 2022 Today is Veteran’s Day. A great time to spend some time researching your ancestors who served in America’s various wars. Even if you’re like me and don’t have a military-oriented family, the chances are that at least some of your ancestors have served. In its two hundred plus year history, the …
Quaker Records
November 4, 2022 When I was a beginning genealogist, I mentioned to a more seasoned researcher that I thought some of my husband’s New Jersey ancestors may have been Quakers. She responded, “You’re so lucky!” At the time I didn’t understand what she meant. I later learned that my husband’s family had numerous Quakers; …
Changing Names
October 28, 2022 My parents named me Carol Ann Fernelius. Although Carol and Ann were meant to be spelled as two words, they intended me to be called “Carol Ann.” Their plan worked fine until I got to second grade. At that point, the teacher required us to print both our first and last …