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

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Tad Callin has been working on family history and genealogy since the late 1990s. He does most of his research on Ancestry and posts what he learns to WikiTree.

Category: Mexican-American War

Ancestors who invaded Mexico in the war following the annexation of Texas in 1845.

  • No Kings: A Family Tradition

    The No Kings event last Saturday wasn’t just a demonstration of anger or outrage; it was a statement that, like our ancestors before us, we are not willing to have our power taken away by bullies.

  • The Milton Township Diaspora (part 1)

    A tale from when the West was still young Once upon a time, several families founded a town in Ohio. Benjamin Montgomery (1766-1841) brought his wife, Nancy, and their six children from Virginia to settle in Weller Township, Richland County, Ohio, where they laid out a town in 1816. Benjamin called the town “Olivesburg” after…