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: Immigrants

Ancestors who came from outside the United States.

  • Merry Christmas, from the Holmquist family,1938!

    A family portrait from White Bear Lake Merry Christmas, from the Holmquist family,1938! This is the Holmquist family in the festive living room of their home in Mahtomedi, Minnesota.  William Arvid is seated, with his wife, Hilder; their three children – Ruth, Arvid Wesley (“Bud”), and Lillian (“Lil”) behind them. William Arvid was born in…