A lost obituary started me down the path to finding the facts behind the story of Crossing. The story was much more complex, and sad,...

I spent months searching ship passenger lists looking for Thomas Morrison. But I would never find him this way. As George Morrison, the...

The names were familiar, but the none of the events seemed to line up. But a Census shows a new baby, and things start to make sense. The...

Mistakes in the records. Children left to the care of others. And an early death. On March 17, 1862, Frances gave birth to a son. She and...