FAMILY HISTORY TALES & LINKS

 

Cowboy Legacy -- Discovering Family Roots

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/10/cowboy-legacy-discovering-family-roots.html

Cowboy Legacy -- A Million Ancestors in 20 Generations

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/08/cowboy-legacy-million-ancestors-in-20.html

MOM'S FAMILY...

My Leber Family -- La Prairie, Quebec, Canada

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/05/my-leber-family-la-prairie-quebec-canada.html

Our Quaker heritage began with John Hallowell (1648-1706)

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/04/our-quaker-heritage-john-hallowell-1648.html

Great Granddad Minted America's First Coins

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-granddad-minted-americas-first.html

Great-Uncle Rene Was A Coureurs Des Bois

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-uncle-rene-was-coureurs-des-bois.html

Great Granddad Was Murdered By Iroquois Indians

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-granddad-was-murdered-by-iroquois.html

Great Grandma Was A French King's Daughter

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-grandma-was-french-kings-daughter.html

Great Granddad Was a Threshing Machine Builder

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/07/great-granddad-was-threshing-machine.html

Great Granddad Was The Village Blacksmith

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/07/great-granddad-was-village-blacksmith.html

1908, Montana Schoolmarm Finds Romance

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/05/1908-montana-schoolmarm-finds-romance.html

Thank Goodness For Traveling Photographers

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/05/thank-goodness-for-traveling_87.html

Great Granddad at the Battle of New Orleans

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/03/great-granddad-at-battle-of-new-orleans.html

Great Grandfather Died During the Civil War

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/05/great-grandfather-died-during-civil-war.html

Great Granddad Died at Sea in 1847

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/05/great-granddad-died-at-sea-in-1847.html

Great Granddad was a Cheesehead

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/01/great-granddad-was-cheesehead.html

Was Cousin Daniel A Potawatomi Chief?

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/10/was-cousin-daniel-potawatomi-chief.html

Great Granddad was a French Sharpshooter

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/09/great-granddad-was-french-sharpshooter.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Great Granddad Was A Fur Trader

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/08/cowboy-legacy-great-granddad-was-fur.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Neva Plympton (1870-1939) Montana Pioneer

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-neva-plympton-1870-1939.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Fight for Liberty

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-fight-for-liberty.html

Cowboy Legacy -- French connection

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-french-connection.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Founding father and independence

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-founding-father-and.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Peaceable folks and a rough rider

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-peaceable-folks-and-rough.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Great grandma was hanged for witchcraft

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboy-legacy-great-grandma-was-hanged.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Pioneer trails Westward 1800 - 1935

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/cowboy-legacy-pioneer-trails-westward.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Puritan New England 1638 to Iowa Territory 1845

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/cowboy-legacy-puritan-new-england-1638.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Wheat farming in Idaho

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-wheat-farming-in-idaho.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Lewiston Orchards and the Great Depression

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/cowboy-legacy-lewiston-orchards-and.html

Cowboy Legacy -- The short, tragic life of Marcus Pierce

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-short-tragic-life-of.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Grandpa Brown's barn

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-grandpa-browns-barn.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Nebraska 1869 to Idaho 1903

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-nebraska-1869-to-idaho.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Kendrick, Idaho 1903 - 1928

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-kendrick-idaho-1903-1928.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Mountain Brook homestead

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-mountain-brook-homestead.html

Great granddad was burned at the stake

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/07/great-granddad-was-burned-at-stake.html

3rd Iowa Cavalry

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/3rd-iowa-cavalry.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Montana stump ranch 1912

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-montana-stump-ranch-1912.html

WWI Montana Military Mystery

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/07/wwi-montana-military-mystery.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Bailey cowgirls

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-bailey-cowgirls.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Early Montana schools

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-early-montana-schools.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Belgian horses

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-belgian-horses.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Discovering family photos

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-discovering-family-photos.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Saskatchewan homesteader

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-saskatchewan-homesteader.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Iowa Territory 1845 to Nebraska 1869

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-iowa-territory-1845-to.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Montana record elk

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/cowboy-legacy-montana-record-elk.html

Was Great Grandma A Marranos of Portugal

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/12/was-great-grandma-one-of-marranos-of.html

OUR WYNGAERT FAMILY OF DUTCH FUR TRADERS

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2020/01/our-wyngaert-family-of-dutch-fur-traders.html

MOHAWK ED — FAMILY HISTORY OR JUST A GOOD TALL TALE?

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2020/06/mohawk-ed-family-history-or-just-good.html

Job Plimpton (6th great-grandfather) and the capture Fortress Louisbourg

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2020/08/job-plimpton-6th-great-grandfather-and.html

Genealogy Acts of Kindness

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/09/genealogy-acts-of-kindness_26.html

Oliver Bailey (1738-1822) — A Hero of Two Wars

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/07/oliver-bailey-1738-1822-hero-of-two-wars.html

As American as French Apple Pie

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2020/11/as-american-as-french-apple-pie.html

Great-grandfather Caleb Sweet was awarded "The Order of Cincinnati” medal by General George Washington

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2020/11/great-grandfather-caleb-sweet-was.html

COGGESHALL — FROM JOLLY OL’ ENGLAND TO WILD WEST MONTANA

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2021/03/coggeshall-from-jolly-ol-england-to.html

DNA CONNECTION, THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PEIRCE

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2023/11/dna-connection-mexican-american-war-and.html

DAD'S FAMILY...

Was Great Granddad A Viking King?

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/03/was-great-granddad-viking-king.html

Great Grandfather was a foreman at Woolwich Dockyard

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/06/great-grandfather-was-foreman-at.html

Great Granddad Was An Ironmonger

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/11/great-granddad-was-ironmonger.html

Great Granddad Was A Great Lakes Sailor

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/10/great-granddad-was-great-lakes-sailor.html

DNA Links Great Grandmother To Scotland

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/09/dna-links-grandma-to-scotland.html

Great Granddad Was A Prince Edward Island Fisherman

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/08/great-granddad-was-prince-edward-island.html

Great Granddad was a Victorian Coachman

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/01/great-granddad-was-victorian-coachman.html

British Legacy -- Zeppelin raid over Plumstead, England

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/british-legacy-zeppelin-raid-over.html

British Legacy -- Seeking the American dream

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/british-legacy-seeking-american-dream.html

British Legacy -- British Royal Artillery, West Indies 1795

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/british-legacy-british-royal-artillery.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Looking north to Canada

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-looking-north-to-canada.html

British Legacy -- Born 1826 in Newfoundland

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/british-legacy-born-1826-in.html

British Legacy -- Four generations of wood workers

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/british-legacy-four-generations-of-wood.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Itchy feet and Oakhurst

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/cowboy-legacy-itchy-feet-and-oakhurst.html

British Legacy -- Woolwich Arsenal Retirement 1917

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/01/british-legacy-woolwich-arsenal.html

British Legacy -- Collecting woodworking tools

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/search?q=British+Legacy+--+Collecting+woodworking+tools

My Scottish Roots Became Even Deeper in 2020

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/my-scottish-roots-became-even-deeper-in.html

GREAT-GRANDDAD WAS AN OUTLAW WITH A BOUNTY OF 50 GOLD PIECES ON HIS HEAD

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2021/02/great-granddad-was-outlaw-with-bounty.html

A WEE BIT OF SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS HISTORY

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-wee-bit-of-scottish-religious-history.html