Mightier Acorns

Journeys through Genealogy and Family History

A parody of a family coat of arms designed with acorns as elements, with the motto "ex gladnis potentioribus" Latin for "from Mighty Acorns"
From Mighty Acorns

Category: Monterey County, CA

Families that lived in the county and research done there.

  • Chapter 10 from “Tad’s Happy Funtime” Thirty years ago, I was a Korean student at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. I met the love of my life, proposed to her (on Valentine’s Day!) and married her (on St. Patrick’s Day!), and started our family. Ten years ago, I published my book, “Tad’s Happy…

  • A celebration of a wedding trend I’m at a special wedding this week – so I’m re-purposing an old post about weddings in my family. Here are three couples with a few things in common: How young were they? Well, that’s the basis for our trivia question – “Which of these brides was the youngest…