A curated weekly collection of genealogy, family history, social history, archival research, storytelling, memory studies, and community heritage writing. Featuring reflections on personal history, historical records, preservation, archives, cultural memory, and emerging approaches to genealogy and historical interpretation.
Paul, Thank you for mentioning my article on Mom's diary and her entries about death. It was such a difficult one to write that I almost didn't post it. Thanks again for the mention. Lots of great pieces to read here.
So many good reads contained within! Question for you - I’m just about done transcribing my grandfathers ww2 letters. Where do I begin to research? All I know is Google and there must be better options, or how do I verify the validity of sites? Might be a loaded question here! 😂😬🤪
if you want help with specific WW2 research then the best WW2 expert on here by far is @Jennifer Holik Jennifer understands American military records far better than me.
Nicole - @Paul Chiddicks commented about my work. I’m a professional military researcher, author, publisher, and teacher. I developed the 2-part strategy to research any veteran even if the records burned. If you’d like to learn how to research and do some of it yourself (some you may have to hire someone like me) - I teach classes. This week I am teaching my Army records class. I can’t put URLs in this post but you can go visit my profile or email me at jennifer AT ancestralsouls DOT com and I can share resources and info.
Reading this was a gift. Thank you for your generosity, Paul, and for reminding me that writing really does create quiet connections between strangers. I’m deeply grateful. 🫀✨
You’re extremely welcome @Anne | Drawn From Silence I think we are naturally drawn or gravitate to like minded people who share similar thoughts and values - you write with so much honesty and feeling it’s incredibly inspiring
Thank you, Paul, I often think writing is less about finding an audience and more about finding one another. I’m so grateful my words found their way to you. 🤍🤍
Thanks Paul. It was interesting to look back and see how far we’ve come since the days of hand writing out those group sheets and the old dot matrix printers. What will it all look like in another 30 years. Although I’m pretty sure I won’t be around, but then again, there are some centenarians out there.
Thanks Paul for mentioning my article about the 1893 Suffrage Petitions and the Kyeburn Diggings Connection. It's a little piece of history we are quite proud of.
Paul, Thank you for mentioning my article on Mom's diary and her entries about death. It was such a difficult one to write that I almost didn't post it. Thanks again for the mention. Lots of great pieces to read here.
You’re welcome @Lynda Heines 😊
So many good reads contained within! Question for you - I’m just about done transcribing my grandfathers ww2 letters. Where do I begin to research? All I know is Google and there must be better options, or how do I verify the validity of sites? Might be a loaded question here! 😂😬🤪
if you want help with specific WW2 research then the best WW2 expert on here by far is @Jennifer Holik Jennifer understands American military records far better than me.
Thank you Paul!! I appreciate your support.
You’re welcome @Jennifer Holik
Nicole - @Paul Chiddicks commented about my work. I’m a professional military researcher, author, publisher, and teacher. I developed the 2-part strategy to research any veteran even if the records burned. If you’d like to learn how to research and do some of it yourself (some you may have to hire someone like me) - I teach classes. This week I am teaching my Army records class. I can’t put URLs in this post but you can go visit my profile or email me at jennifer AT ancestralsouls DOT com and I can share resources and info.
Thank you!
Thanks Paul—David will be quite chuffed to be included here!
Thanks @Lisa Maguire 😊
Reading this was a gift. Thank you for your generosity, Paul, and for reminding me that writing really does create quiet connections between strangers. I’m deeply grateful. 🫀✨
You’re extremely welcome @Anne | Drawn From Silence I think we are naturally drawn or gravitate to like minded people who share similar thoughts and values - you write with so much honesty and feeling it’s incredibly inspiring
Thank you, Paul, I often think writing is less about finding an audience and more about finding one another. I’m so grateful my words found their way to you. 🤍🤍
I agree Anne, everything I write about and everything I feel is about connections ❤️
I can see that, and I think it comes through in everything you write. In the end, connection is what gives words their meaning ✨🫀
Thank you so much @Anne | Drawn From Silence that means so much that means everything coming from someone who writes so beautifully as you ❤️
My pleasure 🫀🫂
Thanks Paul. It was interesting to look back and see how far we’ve come since the days of hand writing out those group sheets and the old dot matrix printers. What will it all look like in another 30 years. Although I’m pretty sure I won’t be around, but then again, there are some centenarians out there.
I still kind of miss those days @Jenny MacKay
Thanks Paul for mentioning my article about the 1893 Suffrage Petitions and the Kyeburn Diggings Connection. It's a little piece of history we are quite proud of.
You’re welcome @Jane Chapman