Welcome to My Blog About The Family History We Inherited!

For years, I’ve been wondering how best to share what I’ve learned about our family’s history. Instead of waiting for perfect, I’ve decided it’s better to simply begin.
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For years, I’ve been wondering how best to share what I’ve learned about our family’s history. Instead of waiting for perfect, I’ve decided it’s better to simply begin.

As I mull over the best way to write about our family history, I've realized what one of my biggest stumbling blocks has been: I don't know where to begin.

As I researched the lives of my grandparents and those of their ancestors, I began to realize that their stories weren’t just a collection of names and dates and isolated events. Each one was connected to something much larger — the settlement of new lands, the founding of a new country, and the exploration, infrastructure, and industries that helped it grow.