Shaking Leaves: My Adventures in Genealogy

Amanuensis Monday is a blogging prompt used by many fellow genealogy bloggers. An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another di...

Today is the last day of the annual Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, California. Going to the fair has always been a family tradition for...

Jessie Luetta Halstead A few weeks ago, one of my dad's first cousins, Ann, contacted me to see if my sister and I would like a coup...

When I was home in Tracy, California, a few weeks ago, I stopped by the Tracy Area Genealogical Society (TAGS) to do a little research on m...

Last month, on my way to visit my mom for our annual birthday celebration (cake, steak and gambling!), I stopped by my old hometown of Tracy...

In honor of Father's Day this year, I'm reposting a tribute to my dad, William Lee Brittain, that I posted a couple of years ago. Th...

Once again, I've been contacted by a cousin wanting to share family pictures and stories. I'm always happy when my new-found cousins...

Here's a photo I found in my Grandma Edith's collection awhile ago. It's of four generations of her Hunt family, and I believe i...

Frederick Harmon Brittain (not Brittian...) Yes, I realize that I spelled my own last name incorrectly in the title of this post. There...

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! Here's a post I wrote a couple of years ago in honor of my own wonderful mom, Becky . ...