The sweep of family history across the generations
It was a signature moment of the turbulent 1960s. Walter, 18, and Dan, 15, were there in Chicago, working as messengers for the Eugene McCarthy campaign.
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
How did Betty Katz meet her end in February 1942?
Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s
Mel accomplished many things in life, but his life’s greatest moments happened during the Battle of the Bulge
The Ruby family comes of age in a bedroom suburb west of Chicago
Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse
Social reformer Nathan Meeker was among nine men killed in an uprising of Ute Indians at the White River reservation where he was serving as U.S. agent. His wife and daughter—Smith family descendants—were held hostage for three weeks