I have a special fondness for my mother who had, and still has, a special fondness for her grandmother, Ona Minerva Harding. I have always been mesmerized by history and especially my own family’s. We are all, I believe, just a part of those people and stories. I can see the love of my ancestors […]
How many memories deserve to be saved and shared? Thousands of priceless family artifacts are hidden in attics and basements. From family snapshots to rare documents like birth certificates and marriage records, these artifacts are waiting to be discovered. As part of our RootsTech Profile Series, we’re sharing stories of families who collaborated with innovative […]
I never understood why when someone died they were referred to as being late, the late Mrs. X, or the late Mr. Y. It’s a peculiar thing to me to call someone who’s passed away as being ‘late’ when almost always they’re gone much too early. Death and the passing of a person is such […]
Today is a special day, a time to honor the veterans who have served us all. Meet my grandfather Edward Burvenich, pictured here from 1st grade in Cologne, Germany to serving with the US Army in the Pacific Theater. He and his family traveled across the Atlantic to New York seeking better opportunity in 1937. […]
Wandering Montmartre in Paris, I browsed Brocante des Abbesses, an antiques market. As I sifted through vintage accessories, art and furniture, an eclectic mix of bizarre bric-a-brac and common household items emerged. Meandering through kiosks, I saw everything from a bed pan with an eyeball painted on it to tarnished silverware. But as usual, I gravitated toward the old photos. Flipping through stacks […]
My grandpa and me when I was about two years old. This is how I always remember him–striped overalls, horn-rimmed glasses, and his rocking chair on the porch. My love for books began early, and I begged anyone who would to read to me. Grandpa was a slow, halting reader who often stumbled over the […]
I’ve been thinking lots about my paternal grandmother lately as I’ve been pondering next steps for my life and vocation. Formidable and unflappable, the only daughter among nine children, she was unusually well educated for a woman of her class and station. She was a mother of six, only five of whom lived past childhood. A […]
For years, Marcel had been wondering how to preserve two photos taken of her grandmother, Cornelia “Neal” Hunt Matthews while working at the Allis-Chalmers Company back in the 1950s. Her grandmother retired from Allis-Chalmers in 1975 after working there for over thirty years. These photos represent a family tradition of working hard that Marcel had […]
A year ago, I knew very little about my ancestors. My grandparents passed when I was very young and there wasn’t much storytelling in our house growing up. I knew a little about genealogy and that some had been done in our family, but I never asked about it. I ask now. I ask a […]
These hands are 95 years old. This summer, I asked my grandmother to tell me about this picture of her at 22. As she touched the image as though she could feel the raised lace of her collar, she told me, “I bought this dress uptown in Alva, Oklahoma, with Aunt Laura, whose farm south […]
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