Lanaii The Family Historian

I came across a family tree on Ancestry.com that included General Lewis Cass. I was very much interested in this tree as Lewis Cass' dau...

I wrote about the spinning wheel that Aunt Eleanor mentioned in her journal. I also mentioned that my mother told me that the spinning wheel...

As I grew older I would not be surprised when items that were common place when I was a child would be a part of a museum exhibit. This was ...

I have a copy of a letter that was sent to my great-great-great grandmother in 1862 from her sister, Eliza, who was living in Dickinson'...

In June I posted a message about the house where we lived the second year that my family lived in California. It was on Hebard Place and was...

Aunt Eleanor started this journal when she was 81 years old to give to her granddaughter Patti when she was finished writing. From my earlie...

This entry was to be the last entry that Aunt Eleanor wrote to Patti, but a year and a half later Aunt Eleanor wrote another entry. Oct. 1...