A letter to a deserter; you do not exist for us…
That is the gist of the letter I found among my grandparent’s possessions. It was written by my grandfather, Lt Pavel Voronov (Paul Woronoff). This
Writing about my family, history and moments in time.
A Book Over One Hundred Years Old, Fragile and Falling Apart
UPDATE November 2023!!! I am happy to announce that I have donated this book to the State Library of Victoria who will undertake to restore
Funeral arrangements for a Tsar – memories of my great grandmother
The recent death of the Queen of England, and the arrangements for her funeral, made me think of this post from earlier in the year.
More unidentified family photos – men in uniform early 1900s?
This week I thought I would continue to write about unidentified photos – this time from the maternal side of my family. But perhaps someone
The frustrations of old unidentified family photographs
Is there anything more frustrating than inheriting a lot of family photographs which are not identifiable? I almost think it is worse to have photographs
The private letters from the Empress frequently inform us about history
I have often written about letters and my passion for reading other people’s thoughts and descriptions of their lives. I have already written a post
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