Family Story Finder

The sweep of family history across the generations

Abraham Blokh came from Minsk
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Before he became Abe Ratner, he was Abraham Blokh from Minsk.

Bradley homestead in Wapello County, Iowa
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Widow Patty Smith Swett and six children by two husbands were among the first settlers who staked claims in Wapello County near Ottumwa in May 1843

Eilertsen roots in Farsund, Norway
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Farmers and seafarers from the south Norway coast

Eilertsens at sea
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Members of a farming family took to the sea both as an occupational calling and a means of emigration

Life on the Western Reserve
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Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s