I maintain my Civil War interests by doing lookups for the Fort Delaware Society (Fort Delaware Confederate prisoners of war, Union garrison, and civilian detainees) plus editing and producing the Fort Delaware Notes, an historical journal published annually by the Society. I maintain a subscription to www.fold3.com and www.ancestry.com to support this activity. Find-a-Grave memorials are an important part of this research into the personal histories of these men.

My wife and I recently binge watched Downton Abby and I was reminded of my identification with the character Tom Branson, the Irish chauffeur who married into the Crawley family. I have access to an extensive collection of family photos and family history created and preserved by my wife's maternal grandmother and great grandmother. This is a Louisiana family group with primary family surnames of Augustin, Olivier, LaBranche, and Wogan with roots stretching back to Spanish owned Louisiana before the Louisiana Purchase.

I maintain my Civil War interests by doing lookups for the Fort Delaware Society (Fort Delaware Confederate prisoners of war, Union garrison, and civilian detainees) plus editing and producing the Fort Delaware Notes, an historical journal published annually by the Society. I maintain a subscription to www.fold3.com and www.ancestry.com to support this activity. Find-a-Grave memorials are an important part of this research into the personal histories of these men.

My wife and I recently binge watched Downton Abby and I was reminded of my identification with the character Tom Branson, the Irish chauffeur who married into the Crawley family. I have access to an extensive collection of family photos and family history created and preserved by my wife's maternal grandmother and great grandmother. This is a Louisiana family group with primary family surnames of Augustin, Olivier, LaBranche, and Wogan with roots stretching back to Spanish owned Louisiana before the Louisiana Purchase.