From cold cases and forgotten burial grounds to archival surprises, this is the journal of my ongoing work. Every grave has a story worth telling.
A jagged break in a limestone marker hid the truth for decades. By using modern technology to analyze a shattered stone and cross-referencing it with five children scattered in the 1850 Census, we reconstructed the moment a family fractured. Step into the field notes of an investigation that digs deeper to find a vanished ancestor.
My childhood was rooted in a small southern Ohio farm, a world that felt simple on the surface but held decades of unspoken history beneath its soil. In this first part of the Six Feet Deep series “The Search for My Father,” I look back at the quiet absence of a father figure, the family rumors that deepened the mystery, and the phone call years later that finally forced me to uncover the truth buried deep beneath my life.
My childhood was rooted in a small southern Ohio farm, a world that felt simple on the surface but held decades of unspoken history beneath its soil. In this first part of the Six Feet Deep series “The Search for My Father,” I look back at the quiet absence of a father figure, the family rumors that deepened the mystery, and the phone call years later that finally forced me to uncover the truth buried deep beneath my life.