The Flying Shuttle

Every now and then I just get lucky. Plain lucky. Info dumps in my lap – typically something I have been looking for F-O-R-E-V-E-R....

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love old pictures. I have poured over boxes of them. I have tried to match faces from picture to...

My world fell apart, and all they could do, the whole universe, was to silently move on. Khadija Rupa, Unexpressed Feelings In previous...

So, in my last posting I detailed exactly why, as available evidence suggests (and evidence is everything in genealogy), Dugal McQueen...

The Old South is replete with stories of the young soldier who, hearing his country was going to war, was determined to serve....

Accurate genealogy is only as good as the records available at one's fingertips. Personal memories are faulty. Stories are oftentimes a...

It is said in Scotland that misfortune will follow those who give away gifts from the fairies. But, when a man is forced to choose...

I have never been one to put much stock in "fairy stories" or fortune-telling. While interesting, and perhaps a bit titillating, I find...

With downtime from my novel, Keeping Secrets, last week (I was waiting on the proof copy to come), I pulled out the third book in my...

Catherine “Kati” McQueen was born in 1844 in Franklin County, Tennessee. She was the seventh child and sixth daughter of Milton and Susan...

Tranquilla McQueen was born on October 22, 1832[1] in Franklin County, Tennesse to Milton and Susan (Simmons) McQueen.[2] The name...