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Yesterday I had a consultation with a potential research client who was seeking answers about his family's history and his father's military service. He had previously hired another military resea...

because of war. Families at home also suffered, often quietly. Have you explored the grief and mental health of your family due to war or the loss of a family member to war? This is applicable to bo...

Many of us carry the remnants of our ancestors' war traumas and don't even know it. The traumas, energies, behaviors, and patterns may show up in very decontextualized ways through triggers, relatio...

How often in the course of your family history and military research and ancestral healing have you encountered information or beliefs or written words that offended you? Shocked or triggered you in s...

We all know that today, no matter where you live in the world, if you have status (including military rank), money, education, and social connections, you will get farther in life. You will receive in...

Do the ghosts of war haunt your family? They have mine and many clients I have worked with over the years. The ghosts sometimes appear as an energy of grief and depression that hangs over the family f...

I had a conversation with a friend about John Bradshaw's book Family Secrets.  I also shared that I'm creating some new genealogy workshops to help people look at their lives and the lives of their fa...

In my almost 30 years as a genealogical researcher, historian, and military researcher, I have often heard researchers talk about  genealogy serendipity. Or how they sensed their ancestor wanted them ...