Finding the provenance of old photos isn’t always easy…#genealogy

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My dad passed away unexpectedly in 1987 at age 62, the day after our son William was born.

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I found some writing by my mom in her things and thought I would post some of her thoughts….

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In search of my Irish great-grandparents.

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The trauma of lynching leaves a long tail - one that needs to be viewed through the eyes of the victims, not the perpetrators.

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Part Three in my Sliding Doors series - tragedy in Chatham, North Carolina

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Did my grandmother leave Ireland because of the war for Independence? Or because of the Civil War?

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The second in a series - the unexpected ways lives intersect can have tragic results.

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The chance encounters that change lives.

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Much of my grandfather’s later life can be explained by where he started.

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How many immigrants returned to their home countries after a frustrating experience with the American Dream?

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If "photo editing" has been going on for years, why is there a tsunami of interest in “The Mother’s Day Photo?”

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When and where you were born is just a matter of luck.

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What does it mean to live INSIDE a historical fiction novel?

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Imagine immigrating to the US, and 3 years later you are back in Europe…

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Sometimes even an immigration record is not a straightforward thing.

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6/52 - What happened to my Dad after his parents were committed in 1932 and 1938?

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Not everyone cries on Groundhog Day.

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When we think about preserving family history, we need to think about all of the day to day pieces of digital information that are likely to disappear.

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How on earth has high school German stayed with me for 50 years, while other courses are a distant memory?

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