A Mighty Strength
Let’s have a history lesson. I’m not super into St. Patrick’s Day. It’s from going to college in Boston (and no, that’s not a euphemism for going to Harvard. Which is in Cambridge. Go Terriers!). I’m not a huge fan of crowds and navigating public drunkenness and overpriced bar menus…which are all unavoidable in that…
Uncanny Valley
The Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania has one very important, indispensable thing going for it – Vassi’s Drive-In. We found it completely by accident. My younger brother and I were kids, and we’d been cooped-up in the car going on thirteen hours on our way home from our annual summer trip to Louisville. We only had…
Yet Here’s a Spot
This seems like a good time to write about the early days of the United States. When I first started researching my family, I had one clear goal – find a descendant of my grandma who fought in the Revolutionary War. This was around 2012-2013 and my weapon of choice was Ancestry.com (U.S. records only).…
The Woman Builder
Some people loom large well after they’re gone. My great-grandmother is one of those people. “Mama Lil” was a complicated person. Widowed with two young children, she managed to become the first woman real estate developer in Louisville. She died a decade before I was born, but I swear she’s still walking around in the…
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About Me
Hi, I’m Christine. I’m a writer living in New England with my husband and dog. I started researching my family history in 2013 after I graduated from library school. Putting my training to work, I was able to track almost 400 years of my family’s story. This blog highlights my favorite stories and how I found them.
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