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: Berkshire County, MA

Families that lived in the county and research done there.

  • Richard Zimmerman: World War II Sailor

    When our identity is taboo, it is too easy to be erased from history Note: much of this post is adapted from “You Just Can’t Matcham,” posted on my old Mightier Acorns blog on November 11, 2016. If you are interested in this family, I included a lot more information about George and Emma’s children…

  • Family Reunion: Shepard

    Going four generations back to find another line This surname can be found among my wife’s Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find the first Shepard – Harriet Jenevereth Shepard – 18 Dec 1874 – 17 Jan 1923 Hattie was the paternal grandmother of my wife’s maternal grandmother, Merilyn (Martin) Holmquist…