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: Essex County, NY

Families that lived in the county and research done there.

  • A Watershed and a Rule of Three

    Taking stock of the journey so far We have been climbing a ladder of evidence for a couple of months now – a metaphorical ladder leaning against the side of one of my “family palm trees”. The first several rungs felt like very solid footing, but the last three have been increasingly shaky. Depending on…

  • An Old Man's Memory

    A lifeline to Providence Genealogists urge each other to talk to their oldest living relatives and record their memories as best they can. This is difficult for a lot of people to do – the researchers might be unsure of themselves, or their relationship with their relatives might not make interviewing them in their old…

  • From Bridport to Brandon

    We have some shaky footing on this ladder Last week, we considered the evidence that ties Thomas Wells and Cyrena Whitford to Harlow C. Wells. I decided to accept that Harlow was probably their son, based on the few facts we have been able to find in the available records. I also spent some time…