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Charles Cicero Codling was a private in Co. K, 10th Infantry, which fought in Cuba in the Spanish-American War.

Charles Cicero Codling was a private in Co. K, 10th Infantry, which fought in Cuba in the Spanish-American War.

Charles Cicero Codling –– 52 Ancestors

My paternal grandfather, Charles Cicero Codling, was born in Blenheim Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada on Christmas Day, 1875.

Mar 145 min read

A Seattle disaster at the Frye Meat Packing company.

A Seattle disaster at the Frye Meat Packing company.

A Grandfather's Fate

Years ago, when I started offering to do research for clients, someone asked me why I was interested in researching other people’s families.

Mar 105 min read

Lovina Hackett Codling

Lovina Hackett Codling

Lovina Amanda Hackett –– 52 Ancestors

Named after her paternal grandmother, Lovina Amanda Roberson, she was 21 years old when she married my grandfather, Charles Cicero Codling.

Feb 266 min read

Roger Conant, founder of Salem, Massachusetts

Roger Conant, founder of Salem, Massachusetts

Roger Conant –– 52 Ancestors Challenge

52 Ancestors Challenge: One of my 256 eight-great-grandparents.

Feb 143 min read

'The Station'

'The Station'

'The Station'

A line of tourist cabins provide a backdrop at Webb's Service Station, just north of Convoy, Ohio, at the intersection of State Route 49...

Feb 113 min read

The grandmother I never knew.

The grandmother I never knew.

52 Ancestors Challenge –– Ola Ethel Reed

Remembering a woman I only met as an infant.

Feb 84 min read

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