Blogs which describe people or events related to my maternal line.
Today, January 11th, was my grandfather’s birthday. Or was it? My grandfather, Pavel Voronov (Paul Woronoff) was born on December 29, 1886, or was he? I have official documents which state both dates as his birthday. This can be very confusing for a family historian if one doesn’t know that
What inspired you to revisit and revise your grandmother’s memoir for a second edition? That was a question I was asked during the book launch for the 2nd edition of Upheaval and a question which I’m often asked by both friends and contacts on social media. I never envisaged revisiting
Ever since I started researching my ancestors I’ve wanted to ask them questions. Why did my maternal grandparents leave the vineyard in France? Why did my father’s sister move to Peru? Why did my paternal grandfather study iridology? There is so much I wish I knew about the decisions they
It was the best book launch I’ve ever had – ok, it was the first book launch I’ve had but it really did go well. Having the book launch online was the best decision as we were joined by people from different areas of Australia as well as different countries
First published in 1932, my grandmother dedicated her memoir, Upheaval to her daughter and only child, Tatiana, who was also my mother. After at least six years of research, the 2nd edition of Upheaval will be launched in only a few days time, on October 15 at 7pm AEDT, please
Booth Tarkington, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, in 1919 and 1922, wrote the Introduction to the original edition of my grandmother’s memoir, Upheaval. Upheaval was originally published in 1932, some four years after my grandparents migrated to America. I often wondered how it was that my grandmother