If you follow Onward To Our Past on our Facebook page (Click here) you know we all have been talking about family history, genealogy and FOOD! Particularly family recipes. Often[...]
The other day I wrote about Mark Kurlansky‘s lovely book “The Food of a Younger Land: a portrait of American food – before the national highway system. before cha[...]
Today is the anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944 My father came ashore on Omaha Beach. He came on a craft just like this. His LCVP (Landing Craft,Vehicle, Personnel) hit a sandb[...]
I said things would be different! I don’t know about you, but food is pretty intricately woven into my family history! Ever since my childhood two of very very favorite foo[...]
I am a huge fan of the TV show M*A*S*H. Loved the cast and the way they portrayed the madness of war in an often humorous manner. But as we all know, TV and reality (especially t[...]
Some time ago I working on the genealogy of one of my Phillips family branches and made a remarkable, present day discovery. I had been at work on this line for years and all of a [...]
Memorial Day – Decoration Day: Do Not Forget Why! This coming weekend is Memorial Day here in the States. A big weekend for many! I asked around the other day about Memor[...]
Mother’s Day! What a wonderful day! As family historians and genealogy buffs, we pay attention to the Mothers in our trees each and every day, not just on this special day,[...]
Great news today! Dr. Karel D. Bicha is a most knowledgeable and wonderful resource for those of us studying Bohmian (Czech) genealogy, family history, and the early immigration [...]
CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! They are up ….. and they are live! Onward To Our Past® is pleased to announce that three new Resource Pages have been added to the website/blog! One [...]
