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Posts about Mightier Acorns, but not necessarily about ancestors or research.
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One of those rare, thrilling moments of collaboration set me off on a philosophical tangent. And now you get to read it!
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Not a lot of information survived the years, but we can set a marker down and keep studying. There is always more to learn.
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Even when the destination is clear, the journey might be difficult. In this case, the destination is not clear, and may not exist yet… or may only exist in the past.
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Picking up where our story of John H. Callin left off, his wife, Amanda Walker, saw the world change drastically between her girlhood in the 1880s and her death during the Great Depression.
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No biography is as straightforward as we pretend – but some have more layers than others.
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Our ancestors often lived in the margins of history, and even those who left few records can teach us a lot, if we’re willing to study the context.
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Asking for help is merely hard – but apparently, nobody knows how to do what I’m asking for help with!
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The biography of John H. Callin has layers that shift in meaning, depending on how deeply you examine the records and artifacts he left behind.
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Welcome back, cousins! I took the summer off from regular writing, partly to recharge and partly to push ahead on some things that would be much less interesting to write about incrementally. Over the coming weeks, you’ll read about some of my progress and setbacks, and I’ll continue posting the Ahnentafel series and updates on…
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Welcome to a wrap-up/overview of the previous eight weeks! What interesting patterns do we see in each generation? Let’s compare them!
