Robert Lewis Elliott and Alice Sophrena Tuttle

Good things often come from "bad" things happening. Perhaps that's my Belief (#8 strength) or my Connectedness speaking, but in my experience, most things in life have had a way of working themselves out for the better. Recently, my Ancestry.com membership was due for renewal. Yet in my planning for six months down the road, I [...]

Finding Female Ancestors

I doubt I shall ever overcome the sharp, strange feeling that stings my gut whenever I think of the women within my family tree. Their stories slip through the cracks of time, forgotten, names and identities lost. And yet, where would we be today without them? Our female ancestors are often the most difficult to [...]

Alice Sophrena (Tuttle) Elliott

As my mom and I were putting the finishing touches on our quickly planned family reunion this past weekend, I began organizing my very messy genealogy binders and came across an old newspaper article I had discovered a couple of years ago. This is one of my favorite articles, because so very rarely do I find [...]