“Tell me everything you know about your father’s side of the family, as far back as you can remember.”
Johnny started in. “My dad’s name is Ronald Hershberger, and his father’s name was Peter.” Johnny paused, and then he went on. “Peter’s father was Jonas, and I know my mom told me what my great-great grandfather’s name was. Let me think. Oh yeah, Joshua—his name was Joshua. But that’s as far back as I know.”
“That will help,” Jenny said. “Wait here. I have to grab some record books. We have the biography and genealogy master index here, and it’s quite helpful. I’ll be right back.”
Johnny sat waiting until Jenny returned with a stack of documents and books.
“Can you remember any birthdays or dates of death?”
“Well, my dad was born in nineteen twenty-one—September twelfth to be exact.
