Part II: The Histories We Keep, the Stories We Share
February 20, 2018
Before you are a moment older, think about what you have that holds someone’s story. … More Part II: The Histories We Keep, the Stories We Share
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High of Heart in Merry England
October 18, 2016
“I wanted terribly to go to England. I couldn’t go, so I used it as a setting for a novel. While at work I read the London Times, English Country Life regularly, and innumerable books. In short, steeped myself in English atmosphere till I became so British that I caught myself saying ‘lift,’ ‘cinema’ and … More High of Heart in Merry England
Challenge and Secrets in the Loring Family Tree
March 31, 2016
In a bit of serendipity, TLC begins its new season of “Who Do You Think You Are?” and a new show, “Long Lost Family,” this Sunday, just as we are reading We Ride the Gale!—a story about finding family. Sonia Carson cares for her dead sister’s son, Dicky. An attack of flu convinces her … More Challenge and Secrets in the Loring Family Tree
Genealogy is Biography, Over and Over
December 8, 2015
What makes someone worthy of a biography? Do they have to be famous? Publishers think so. Your bookstore sells biographies of people in the news, not because their lives are necessarily more interesting or meaningful than others, but because their fame sells books. I have a classmate who lost all four limbs to a virus … More Genealogy is Biography, Over and Over
