I found my fifth great-grandmother Sarah (Bonar) Kirk’s missing footstone! While researching Sarah and her husband Thomas Kirk’s genealogy i...

When I first visited the grave of my fourth great-grandfather Vachel Kirk (1805-1832), I was disappointed to discover that his original head...

"Hello, Ancestors," I said aloud as I stepped into each cemetery. Clutching bouquets of artificial flowers like dousing rods, I ch...

Nestled in the densely forested grounds of the Dawes Arboretum is one of the oldest cemeteries in Licking County, Ohio. The Beard-Green ...

During three decades spanning 1781 to 1812 and across two states, one man repeatedly appeared in records for my Kirk family. John Beard is...

When she passed away in early 1879, Annie (Bailey) Gilliland-Kirk's obituary revealed an intriguing clue about her second husband:  ...

I'm in the midst of a family history road trip in Licking County, Ohio. My fifth great-grandfather Thomas Kirk settled in the County b...