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All history, including the histories of our families, is part of us, such that when we hear any secret revealed, a secret about a grandfather or an uncle, or a secret about the battle of Dresden in 1945, our lives are made suddenly clearer to us, as the unnatural heaviness of unspoken truth is dispersed. For perhaps we are like stone – our own history and the history of the world embedded in us.
A Chorus of Stones ~Susan Griffin
Stories can disempower or empower us.
Stories can change us.
Stories can destroy us.
Stories can save us.
Stories have the ability to provide answers, closure, release, and healing.
Those...
Over a decade ago I began researching my family's World War I and World War II stories, most of which involved death or some kind of war wound. About the same time I began researching all branches...
In 2018 I found another article that really hit home for me. Being an empath and medium, I pick up energy not only from people but also places and items. What we often do not consider is that the...
“If you see the city as a body, what happens to the body is a trauma. What people tend to do when they have a very serious trauma is to turn their back on it. The people from Rotterdam did...
This webinar, The Prisoners, Missing & The Dead, will focus on the history and jobs of the men who worked in the American Graves Registration Service. Then we explore the Individual Deceased...
Our WWI and WWII war veterans and their families carried secrets. They grieved or raged in silence. Their silence, lies, secrets, hidden illnesses, all affected their living families and their...
Starting Monday, 4 October 2021, I'm offering a three-night webinar series, Faces of War. Through three webinars, learn strategies & records needed to do WWII research even if the records...
I have a new webinar in September to help you learn how to connect with your ancestors.
Writing to the Ancestors
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Explore some basic ways to tap into what your ancestors have to say...
