A Change in Fortune – the right place, the right time, the right person
Unlike Ivnia, the estate owned by my maternal side of the family, which I wrote about here, Nurmhusen, the estate owned by my father’s family,
Writing about my family, history and moments in time.
The home of her childhood was wantonly destroyed
My grandmother’s family’s first country home was destroyed by fire. After that the Kleinmichel family spent their summers at Ivnia in the Koursk region. The
He survived the Gulag, but was never the same
Millions died in Soviet Gulags during their time of operation from 1918 – 1953. Luckily my great uncle was not one of them. I have
Was She Always Mentally Fragile?
Mental fragility – it can happen to anyone and is often triggered by traumatic events. Last week I wrote about my grandmother’s grief and depression,
She suffered from grief and depression, and eventually senility
When my grandfather, Paul Woronoff, died in 1969 my grandmother, Olga, was devastated. She was 76 years old when he died, and they had been
From a Naval Lieutenant on the Tsar’s yacht, to an Engineer in the US
Some documents can be helpful when you are tracing the history of your ancestors. Obviously birth, marriage and death certificates give you plenty of information
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