Family history and personal letters – the sweetness of forgotten things
L.M. Montgomery wrote a passage in Anne of the Island (1915) describing letters from years past, which were written by her parents and which Anne
Writing about my family, history and moments in time.
Research; how I found details of my family history, genealogy and Russian history for the 2nd edition of Upheaval
Have you tried to research your family history, only to find dead ends? Have you tried to build your family tree but only managed to
What it means to have a connection with a certain area, a piece of land, a place with meaning for your family, for me that’s Nurmhusen
Having moved more times in my life than I can remember, I never thought I would feel a connection to any one place. I was
Her Last Easter in Russia Before They Escaped
Revisiting a post from 2020: My grandmother did not spend her last Easter in Russia at the beautiful Assumption Cathedral in Novorossiysk (pic above) but
The Controversial Count who restored a palace, built a railway and had a poem written for him
Count Pyotr Kleinmichel is one ancestor I’m not proud of. He’s my maternal 2 x great grandfather and, if you have read the 2nd edition
Just when they thought they were safe, they were attacked by explosive shells
Apparently the difference between a shell and a bomb, is that one is shot from a platform (ground or ship, etc) and the other is
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