Exploring the land of my great-grandparents in Spencer
“What will you do with these stories?” If I’m being honest… I will probably forget them. So much has already been forgotten, reinvented, rewritten. And […]
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Falling Down Another Rabbit Hole: Mountain Lake, Buhrs, Bergmans, and… Murder
You’re going to think that I never finish anything that I start. But I will. However, two things have happened. First, Andrew told me that […]
Exploring Winkler, Part 8: Winkler Archives!
So! I had listened to my uncle and crashed the meeting of Winkler historians over their morning coffee at Mulligan’s. They gave me more advice […]
Exploring Winkler, Part 5: Neureinland (Again)
I returned to haunt this rewilding cemetery at dusk. Stepping carefully through the corn, I turned to check my footprints. There were none. . My […]
Finding MORE family history at the Mennonite Heritage Archives!
(I wrote this in March and forgot to post it!) It’s been a while since I’ve written about visiting the Mennonite Heritage Archives but I […]