Following Back

Long gravel roads wind through the hills around River Philip, Nova Scotia. My ancestors had plots of land up here that are easy to find on old maps, but hard to reach in reality. Rocks and black flies kept me from driving or walking to my destinations — turning me back around. While my great-grandparents

Shaped by War

The tale of William Eager, an 8x great-grandfather of mine, is almost too exotic to be true. He was brought to America on the “Unity”— a ship full of Scottish prisoners of war. These men were captured in the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 and sent abroad by Oliver Cromwell, sold off as indentured servants.