A Family Tapestry

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Dipping that Big Toe in Before
the Leap Across the Pond

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  Why is it that family history research "across the pond" can provoke such trepidation? I can push my way through documents with ...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

The Trail to the Past: What I Know Now

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  Pushing our way back through the generations is the goal of every family historian, but that task is more complicated for some stories. Mi...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Meet Sophie

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  Sophie was my paternal grandmother. She is likely one of the top reasons why I was drawn to pursuing family history in the first place. Be...
Monday, October 3, 2022

DNA Does NOT Tell All

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  We are in such awe of what can be revealed by a DNA test that we presume there is nothing that vial of spit can't tell us. Cold cases ...
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Sunday, October 2, 2022

Keeping Your Eyes on Progress

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  Seeing progress can be encouraging. Like clockwork, I review my research progress, counting how many names I've added to the two main...
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Exploring a Polish Heritage
for Family History Month

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  Suddenly, it's October! I don't know how you plan to celebrate Family History Month , but this month, I will be turning my attenti...
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Friday, September 30, 2022

Wrapping up September

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  It's the last day of September. So much for my family history research goal for this month. I am still chasing clues and running in ci...
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Jacqi Stevens
It is my contention that, after a lifetime, one of the greatest needs people have is to be remembered. They want to know: have I made a difference? I write because I can't keep for myself the gifts others have entrusted to me. Through what I've already been given--though not forgetting those to whom I must pass this along--from family I receive my heritage; through family I leave a legacy. With family I weave a tapestry. These are my strands.
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