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Category: Early Ancestry

1 week ago February 9, 2026February 9, 2026joynealkidney

1919 Sale, lunch served by College Corner Red Cross Ladies, proceeds go to the Hospital at Fort Des Moines

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025joynealkidney

Five daughters, one son–two families

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Cora (Jordan) Parrish was surprised that “a daughter of her Aunt Leora didn’t know how to cut up a chicken”

January 20, 2025January 20, 2025joynealkidney

Laura Jordan and Friends? Or is it her Wedding Photo?

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024joynealkidney

Emilia, pioneer girl, was Born the Day before Iowa became a State

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024joynealkidney

Rocky Fork Predestinarian Baptist Church

May 7, 2024May 14, 2024joynealkidney

Jane Branson of my Motherline

April 20, 2024April 20, 2024joynealkidney

How Old is the Photo on the Cover of Leora’s Early Years?

June 14, 2023June 14, 2023joynealkidney

Our Stars and Stripes: A Symbol of Hope and Service

June 2, 2023March 25, 2024joynealkidney

Guthrie County Pioneers arrived June 2, 1855

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023joynealkidney

Morrisburg Cemetery, the Poem, the Family Stories

January 30, 2023January 18, 2026joynealkidney

Georgia Wilson’s House at Panora Still Stands

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023joynealkidney

Letter from the Daughter of Alonzo Wilson of Coon Rapids, Iowa

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023joynealkidney

The Wilson Connection to the White Rock Conservancy at Coon Rapids, Iowa

June 15, 2022April 20, 2023joynealkidney

Iowa: Smoky Wigwams of the Dusky Savage Warrior

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022joynealkidney

Tiny Tintypes

March 14, 2022August 13, 2025joynealkidney

Emilia Ann, Grandmother of Leora Goff Wilson

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022joynealkidney

What do you think?

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022joynealkidney

DNA Results

December 28, 2021December 26, 2024joynealkidney

Why 1846 was an “Astonishing and Decisive” Year

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021joynealkidney

The First Thanksgiving was 400 Years Ago

March 12, 2021September 28, 2025joynealkidney

The Neal Brothers During the Civil War

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020joynealkidney

Ancestry Line to The Mayflower

April 20, 2020January 21, 2026joynealkidney

Did Iowa Immigrant Dethlef Ohrt Really Meet Outlaw Jesse James?

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019joynealkidney

Marshall Home Moved Over the River, Through the Woods

July 4, 2019November 18, 2022joynealkidney

Killed in Action on Independence Day 1863

April 29, 2019September 12, 2019joynealkidney

Martin Christian Blohm (1824-1883)

April 22, 2019June 28, 2019joynealkidney

Detlef Anton Ohrt (1837-1922)

November 16, 2018September 20, 2020joynealkidney

Pilgrims in the Family

October 30, 2018October 30, 2025joynealkidney

Witches in the Family?

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