When doing genealogy, I like going a little beyond the gathering of simple vital statistics. I like to dig in and find journals, newspaper articles, family bibles, obituaries, anything that will tell me who and what drove these ancestors of mine. Sometimes there can be quite a surprise, such as the one I found when linked into a line that went way, way back. Let me tell you a little bit about my ancestor, St. Arnold, the patron saint of brewers. Oh yeah, your eyes are not fooling you. There is indeed a patron saint of brewers. “Saint Arnold was … Continue reading →