Surname Origins
The Captain of the Dove
A dove-named man, a ship called Dove, and the historian who caught them both before the tide went out.
New England
Edward Colver
The Ship That Never Was
Edward Colver's crossing, the ships he was not on, and what an honest family history does with an empty sea Listen to this post 0:0024:34 Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon MusicMore apps Every American family story wants to begin with a ship. It is the oldest scene in
Family History
Why We're Collver, Not Culver
From Old English 'culfre' to a loyalist preacher's land grant on Lake Erie: the 750-year paper trail behind the Collver family's unusual spelling.