Artists in the Tribe: My Cousin Eastman Johnson
By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 12, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about his cousin Jonathan Eastman Johnson (1824-1906), a painter known as the “American Rembrandt in his day.”.. (Read More)
Category: Genealogy Stories
I Learned More about My Cousin Edna Frances Kemp, Yale Graduate, Organist and Teacher
By Thomas Jay Kemp on October 1, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn more about his cousin Edna (Kemp) Rust, an organist and music teacher... (Read More)
Hey, I Am Still Alive – I Am Not Dead!
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 10, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about discovering the story of his cousin Charles Applebee, who was erroneously reported dead in 1878... (Read More)
Genealogy Mystery: Discovering Mrs. M. A. H. Jones
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 9, 2018
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches to learn more about a stranger whose calling card she found tucked inside an old book she purchased... (Read More)
My 8-Year-Old Cousin Made an Accidental Trip to New York City in 1911
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 2, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about discovering an old newspaper article reporting on his cousin John Applebee’s solo trip to NYC in 1911 at age 8... (Read More)
Astonishing Story: Mary Spent Five Days Underwater in a Shipwrecked Boat and Lived!
By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 29, 2018
An article about the survival of Mary Applebee, who survived partially underwater in a capsized boat for five days in 1833 before being rescued... (Read More)
Morgan Brewster Was a Fifer in the Revolutionary War
By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 2, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about Morgan Brewster, an American fifer in the Revolutionary War, who died at age 93 in 1856... (Read More)
Genealogy Test: Are We All Related?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 30, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp checking his theory that pretty much all early, northern New Englanders are related, using Lewiston, Maine, as a test... (Read More)
Genealogy Discovery: Disaster Takes Lives of Mother, Daughter
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 26, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn why his cousin Jacob Bailey’s wife and daughter had died on the same day in 1852... (Read More)
