SHERMAN AND ALBERTI HISTORIES

Tracking Samuel Sherman, my 10th great grandfather, through the New England wilderness has been difficult. Fortunately, he was prominent...

Looking into my family history was never intended to reach beyond my great grand parents. In the box that my three sisters delivered to...

Researching my family history in England would have been impossible without the internet, the wealth of records kept in the Parish...

One morning in 1957, I was slipping into the dream cycle of sleep—complete with quiet snoring—when I sensed an ominous presence hovering...

Roaring John Rogers Possibly the biggest catalyst that caused our Sherman ancestors to board ships to America in 1634 was the Puritan...

Henry Sherman was my 13th Great grandfather, fourth son of the notorious “disturber of his neighbors” Thomas Sherman and his “staves and...

Many of the Sherman’s in our line are noted in a book written by Bertha L. Stratton, titled “Transatlantic Shermans.” Only one used copy...

Jane “Waller” Sherman 1495-1573 "Never underestimate the power of a woman with Stavys and Stonys" One thing in general men tend to lose...

Merriam Webster defines “wool gathering” as an indulgence in aimless thought or dreamy absentmindedness. I’ve been guilty of this from...

Mary Trulucia White - born 28 October 1886 in Independence, Missouri - died December 30, 1940 in Independence, Missouri My grandmother...

Aaron Bloch – born in Germany 1823 – date of death November 26th, 1897 in Saint Louis, MO Charlotte Sarah Bloch (Alberti) born in Saint...

Albert was plagued with stomach troubles for sixty odd years.  It was possibly some pathogen picked up from contaminated water on the...

The danger my dead relatives face is wrongful conviction of some odious crime, or at minimum, slander by insufficient evidence I find in...

Examining what went on inside Albert’s head to see what made him tick would take an advanced degree in psychiatry. Still, it’s fun to...

My great-grandmother, Sarah Ann Robertson (1854-1940), was prejudiced against all Italians. There was a lot of anti-Italian sentiment in...

This is a passport picture of Albert and Laura Alice Martz. She is the reason Charlotte, his first wife, hired a detective. I find no...

From along icy shadowed halls of the Sant’ Antimo Monastery, resident monks and students were converging towards the chapel, for it was...

Probably the monastery was just what it was, a place where a young man could get a sound education. The concentrated Greek and Latin...

Answering the door bell some six years ago now I opened the door to a triad of conspirators. They stood huddled in the entry looking both...