Tag: Family History
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Lower Manhattan, 1910: Immigrants Build the City and the Story
The island of Manhattan in the mid-19th through early 20th century was a microcosm of the larger immigrant history of the U.S. Everyone both mixed and didn’t mix. The waves of new languages, cultures, and customs rubbed alongside the many generations that continued to move uptown as the decades progressed. Irish immigration My story takes…
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A Quick Update!
It’s been a while since I’ve been here. My last blog post was January of this year (so much for my goal of six blog posts this year!) Two cross-country moves and personal upheaval in the past year and a half meant writing took a back seat. Then in May of this year, my brother…
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Taking the Story from Idea to Draft
I’ve got an idea. Now what? In 2019, I did a full work up of my family history. Due diligence is necessary when researching. There is a lot of garbage online about genealogy. But there is also a lot of great stuff. It’s just a matter of sorting the wheat from the chaff. Cross-referencing and…
