Essays

• It Ain't My Fault

    Ruminations on the origins of our family name
• How I helped NASA beat the Commies

    A first-hand perspective on the race to the Moon
• The Northern California Earthquake of 1989

    A personal account of the big quake
• Building a Family Business

    The story behind the shop at 3219 Bay to Bay Blvd.
• The 1850 Census

    A statistical analysis of the 1850 Census of Lewis County, Missouri
• Henry S. Morriss

    The life and times of a great American
• Adolescent Naval Technology of the Fifties

    Making model boats from everyday objects
• Memories of Teenage Construction Projects

    Hobbies and projects from the mid-20th century
• Lieutenant Peter H. Orr

    One of the unsung heros of the Civil War
• Sterling and Emily Morriss

    The story of Uncle Sterling
• My Very Own Time Capsule

    An unexpected discovery
• Connections

    Improbable sequences of events may not be so improbable after all
• Summer 1954

    A nostalgic look back
• My first year at Plant High School

    Going to school in the 1950's
• The Journal of James G. Bennett

    Incidents of Travel and Curiosities to be seen on a Journey to California, 1853
• My 7th Cousin

Geneological research can sometimes yield interesting results