If you are a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, it is possible that you already know who Agnes Taylor Schwartz is. If, like us, you are not a Mormon, this is probably not a name you have heard before, but we were so taken by her story that we couldn’t help but share. We came across this notable woman while doing genealogy research for a client. At first, we didn’t know that we had hit a gold mine of information. As you likely know, the majority of the information a ge

For this particular household, for now we can only imagine what the enslaved people living there might have been named. Who were those peopl

On This Day in History is our effort at Chronos to shine light on people and events from our shared human heritage. Today we celebrate the birthday of a woman who, over the course of her life, was a pharmacist, author, surfer, missing person, suspected spy, playwright, and holder of two Guinness world records. We wish a happy 127th birthday to Dame Agatha Christie! Agatha Christie remains the record holder as the best selling author of all time, and additionally holds the r

Picture this: you are moving things about in your house, minding your own business, when you stumble upon an absolute treasure trove of fami