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Adventures in Genealogy

Spanning the Globe and the Centuries

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Our Research Team

Research Team – SAK

Sally Ann Kemp
Born: 1965, East Meadow, NY
Lead Historian

Research Team – GAK

Glenn Alan Kemp
Born: 1958, Washington, PA
Chief Listener

Research Team – Charley

Charles Walter MacFee
Born: 2011
Support Staff

Research Team – Sidney

Sidney Crosby MacFee
Born: 2020
Chief Entertainer

From The Blog

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Sally Kemp

A Migration Tale

What with the recent immigration-related government shutdown, and the ongoing debate about the infamous “wall”, I’ve been giving quite a lot of thought lately to “human migration” (as opposed to the more specific “immigration”). I give you my vow up front that this is not a politically themed post, but a family story, and I hope that you find it as thrilling as I do when I consider the details. A lot of my family’s adventures are straight out of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but this particular story is more along the… Read More

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Sally Kemp

Heritage Album Project

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Sally Kemp

Meet Benoni Stebbins, Puritan Bad Boy

I first became intrigued by Benoni Stebbins when I read a story about his early life that someone had posted on Ancestry.com. But the more I read about Benoni and his life and times, the more I realized that he was just one small player in a fascinating, and much larger global conflict. When I first started researching his story, it seemed to me that if his life were a movie, it would be a lighthearted comedy adventure, starring a young Mel Gibson, or maybe a handsome and snarky Chris Pratt, as… Read More

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Sally Kemp

Hannah Feake Bowne, Not Just Your Average Quaker

Born: 1637, Winthrop, MA
Died: 1677, London, England
Sally’s 9th Great-Aunt

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Sally Kemp

Boots On the Ground: Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941

My dad’s recollection of the morning of December 7th, 1941.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Sally Kemp

One Soldier’s Story

The amazing saga of PFC Paul Alexakis…

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Sally Kemp

Tales From the Neutral Ground; James Lyon (Part 2)

Born: 1761
Died: 1850, Bedford, New York
Sally’s 5th Gr. Grandfather

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Sally Kemp

Tales From the Neutral Ground; James Lyon (Part 1)

Born: 1761
Died: 1850, Bedford, New York
Sally’s 5th Gr. Grandfather

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Sally Kemp

Tales From the Neutral Ground; Martha Banks

Born: 1764, Greenwich, CT
Died: 1849, Bedford, New York
Sally’s 5th Gr. Grandmother

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Sally Kemp

The Neutral Ground

Life (and death) in the Lower Hudson Valley during the American Revolution…

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