In the summer of 1941 my grandmother traveled by steamship to visit her uncle in Cleveland who was in upper management with the book publisher Grolier. During the course of her journey she kept a journal of her travels. When I discovered the journal I thought it would make a fascinating story. As I began to write the story I began to ask myself questions about the family history.

This led me to explore the family history further back. I never imagined that I would end up back in the year 1066. How I got that far back in history is a story for another day. Still I have questions some I still don’t have answers for but maybe together we can figure out the mysteries that still remain hidden.