The letter came just a day after the telegram in the Autumn of 1944. Both had been signed by Major General J.A. Ulio the Adjutant General and were addressed to Mrs. Ann Ulander, the mother of Carl. Ann and her husband Carl Sr., …

Jacob Bruzos was born in Rockford on May 19, 1918. He was the only son of Jacob and Mary Bruzos, who both immigrated from Lithuania. Jacob Bruzos Senior was born about 1893. He and Mary were married in Winnebago County in June of 1917. …

Andersonville Prison. That phrase conjures up horrible images of men living in conditions beyond comprehension. It was notorious even back when it opened. Any man who was taken prisoner feared being sent there. Word had spread about the conditions that turned strong men into walking skeletons. The prison’s official name…

Driving the narrow back roads of Winnebago County in search of small cemeteries is like taking a trip back through time. It doesn’t take much to imagine the way the area appeared over one hundred years ago. Though some of these cemeteries have been lost to time, Winnebago County has…