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: Underground Railroad

  • Dangerous Times in Kentucky

    Dangerous Times in Kentucky

    A Tale of Harassments and Murder Note: this piece was originally published on Projectkin in Feb 2024 in their Member’s Corner. It is being re-published here with permission. Kentucky was not the safest place to live in 1862. Several Southern states seceded from the Union after Fort Sumter, but Governor Beriah Magoffin declared Kentucky to…

  • Silk or Satin

    originally posted Friday, November 7, 2014 Note for fellow researchers: I’m still trying to find evidence that will confirm the parents of Elizabeth (Berlin) Callin – that WikiTree link presents the few documents we have. Here is the fullest version I have of the memoir written by her granddaughter, Rosemary Callin. (I am working on…