Author Out Loud·Just nowWhat to Do With the Shoebox: 12 Ways to Turn Old Family Letters and Photos Into StoriesEvery family has a box nobody opens. Here’s how I finally opened mine, and what to do with yours before the holidays.
Author Out Loud·1d ago50 Memory Prompts, Decade by Decade, for the Person Who Says “I Don’t Remember Much”The question that finally got my own story moving, and the lists I now hand to every family I work with
Michael Kilianski Jr.·1d agoA special #ElectionDay 🇺🇸 edition of the Pages of Creative History!Ms. Biegert was kind enough to send me a copy of her book published by McFarland to read and review and I agreed to do so. Now, for the…
InMy Roots Run DeepbyAthena·1d agoI Built a Website for Dead People, and My Bounce Rate Wants to Know Why They Never StayFamily history and local history deserve a front porch. Here’s how I tried to build one.
InActivated ThinkerbyEric G. Suchanek, PhD·2d agoA Family You Can Drive ThroughThe Knowledge Press: The Family — family histories grown as an orchardA response icon1A response icon1
InWhat the FactsbyAthena·3d agoShe Left DAR Because It Got Too Inclusive. Then She Told Me DNA Settles Gender Forever.I went to a genealogical society meeting to talk about dead people, and somehow ended up explaining chromosomes to a woman who was very…
InMy Roots Run DeepbyAthena·5d agoThe Most Useful Records in My Family Tree Are Dead QuietHalloween, All Saints’ Day, and the Day of the Dead all point at the same place, and genealogists were hanging out there long before the…
Lisa Sotelo·5d agoThe Graveyards of Chipman RidgeThe Mystery of the Appalachian folklore A response icon1A response icon1
Author Out Loud·Oct 29The Stories We Mean to Write DownMost family memories disappear within three generations. They don’t have to.
