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: Pottawatomie County, KS

  • Ahnentafel #18: Howard Ray Witter (1890-1963)

    Ahnentafel #18: Howard Ray Witter (1890-1963)

    I didn’t think I had much to add to his story, but there always seems to be more to say if you just dig down a little bit.

  • Family Reunion: Shriver

    Going four generations back to find another line This surname can be found among my Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find the first Shriver – Nancy Ellen “Ella” Shriver (1864 – 1936) Ella was my Grandma Nancy’s Grandma Nancy – put another way, Nancy (Shriver) Witter was my paternal grandmother’s…