Over thirty years of genealogy and family history research has provided a strong foundation for relating the impact of national and global events on families. Frank's family histories provide a unique blend of biographical information and the timeline of history. The stories tell how everyday heroes react to extraordinary events. We hope you find them interesting. Puritans, Patriots and Pioneers explores colonial and Revolutionary War families and their children and grandchildren's westward migration. Sons of Ardore traces life in a small Italian village, their response to an epidemic and one man's immigration to America. Children of the Mirna Valley tells the story of a small clan's resistance to assimilation and, for one family, eight of eleven children traveling to Pennsylvania in search of a new life while three children remained to experience the ravages of war and the joy of seeing a new country formed. Most recently, On the Frontier tells the founding of New France and conflicts between settlers and the Iroquois as well as one family's evolution through ten generations.