Time Travel

A genealogy blog uncovering family history and forgotten lives — a Danish midwife in territorial Utah, Ohio Brethren farmers, hardship in Appalachian Kentucky, Civil War and WWII soldiers, and genízaro heritage in colonial New Mexico. Occasional posts on travel, from Prague's Jewish Quarter to the Grand Canyon. Written by Wendy Allen, genealogist and President of the Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society.

Monday, November 11, 2024

Witchcraft in Early New England, would the Widow Marshfield survive?

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                      Massachusetts Pond, by Walter Rock, https://www.freeimages.com/photospot-pond-1547645 Though Salem, Massachusetts, is ...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

An Ohio Family Heirloom, the Keller Coverlet

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  I wondered which project I would write about in my president's letter in a 2021 genealogy newsletter. While deliberating, a mysterious...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Hardship in an Appalachian Family, the sad story of Charlotte Allen Bailey of southeastern Kentucky

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Cumberland River, collection of the author Southeastern Kentucky was not an easy place to live in the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Much of t...
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Friday, October 27, 2023

Ohio County Agent, Eldon Studebaker Becomes a Naval Officer on a Liberty Ship During WW II

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                                                                 Eldon F. Studebaker, courtesy of Stephen Studebaker Eldon E. Studebaker, a ...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

A Southeastern Kentucky backwoods cemetery, a Civil War Mystery Story of Robert Green

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Several years ago, a trip to an abandoned cemetery in southeast Kentucky led me to a small project to learn more about a young man remembere...
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Monday, October 2, 2023

My Ohio Putman Family's Contribution to the Union During the Civil War

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  George W. Putman and family, circa 1914-1918, courtesy of the Wendy Allen My great-grandfather, George W. Putman, was a Civil War veteran....
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

A 19th Century American Railroading Story from New Hampshire to Kentucky, train engineer William "Paps: Russell

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"Pap" Russell was a railroad man" seems like a fitting epitaph for William Hall Russell, my 2nd great-grandfather.   But it t...
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Wendy Allen
I hold a Certificate in Genealogical Studies with honors from the Genealogical Studies Institute, and I've served as President of the Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society since February 2016. My background includes work as an archaeologist and park ranger, and a career as an educator before retiring. My research follows ancestors across Denmark, Ohio, Kentucky, and Utah — following paper trails, old photographs, and family stories back through the generations. When I'm not digging through records, I enjoy travel and time outdoors.
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