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A Boy and His Sister
Warning: Despite my insistence that this blog is all about graveyards and dead people, it’s really about family history. This story is about part of my family, and it is part of my children’s history, so even though they are still alive to tell this story themselves, I’m going to tell it now to keep it from… Read more
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Traditional Christmas Eve in Poland- Wigilia w Polsce- tradycje
Originally posted on RazemUtah: In Poland, Christmas Eve is a day first of fasting, then of feasting. The Christmas Eve feast begins at the appearance of the first star. There is no red meat served but fish, usually carp. The supper, which includes many traditional dishes and desserts, can sometimes last for over two hours. It… Read more
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I went to the cemetery looking for my family. I think I found them.
A few days ago I decided to change my screensaver on my PC. I thought I’d look up places where my ancestors lived and fill my screensaver scroll with interesting photos of those places to provide inspiration for my family search and for blog posts. You wouldn’t believe the stories I uncovered! Right here, in… Read more
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Know Your Groups
If you’re lucky, your family has never immigrated. It happens. But since the discovery of the Americas, people have been migrating with increasing frequency. No matter where you live, if you are anything other than indigenous, you can be sure you will find immigrants in your past. People marry outside their traditional cultural and social sets… Read more
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A Renewed Tribute to Tante Rosa
A couple of months ago I had to delete one of my blog posts: “A Tribute to Tante Rosa.” I had linked the post to the Shoah Foundation at the University of Southern California because I would not have been able to write my tribute without access to their research on the Holocaust. Unfortunately, the… Read more
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A new Branch on my Family Tree
One thing that everyone said when they saw that big boy with piles of black hair is that he looks like a little Navajo boy. I said it too. Because he is. Read more
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