Category: Historical Events
Ancestors who were part of major historical events.
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Some relatives are so infamous within a family, that their story is unignorable. And yet, because they were unforgivable, you can’t ask about the details.
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If you have an image in your head of the Midwest grandmother, she probably looks a lot like Grandma June.
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A challenging part of the tree: writing about people I didn’t know, but who living people DID know. Doing the job properly without being annoying – that’s the challenge!
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What we know is not always the truth, but what we remember can be, if we are careful about the way we tell the story. Minds and memories are tricky things.
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Now that we’ve covered those who left, let’s begin looking at those who stayed in Milton Township!
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I’m still early in my Ahnentafel series, but I can already see how easy it is to lose the stories of the women in our family trees. It’s harder to document the way someone loved those around them, the acts of service, the everyday interaction. And documents favor the histories of men. So while I…
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A guided tour of the updates to Grandpa Bob’s WikiTree profile, with some of the stories that didn’t make it in.
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This story is part of the celebration of America’s 250th birthday at Projectkin – Stories250. Look for more at https://projectkin.substack.com/p/stories250-now-in-timeline-and-map
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Married after the end of the Second World war, my maternal grandparents embarked on a lengthy 50-year journey. Here’s a taste of it!
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A simple system upgrade leads to a meditation on technological disruption, and consideration of ancestors who farmed, invented, and “improved” their way to our modern world.
Mightier Acorns 