My family’s genealogy consumed me for more than five years. What started as a simple question: just how are we…
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Putting a Story to a Face
Let’s put a story to a face. Take a look at the woman to the left. What color is her…
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Hardheadeds and the Lincoln Connection
We’re just in from seeing Steven Spielberg’s magnificent Lincoln. It may be the only movie we’ve seen in 2012, but…
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Slaves in the Family
I didn’t know any people whose ancestors owned slaves when I grew up. Growing up in Southern California, the only…
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