Take Pictures
I’ve talked about the problem of what to do with pictures our loved ones have left behind; the pictures we inherit. It’s a nuanced issue […]
family history
“Why Did No One Tell Me?!”
You know how when you’re chatting, one thought can lead to the next, and the next, and the next, and suddenly you’re on a rabbit […]
Jakob’s Final Resting Place (After Being Booted Out of Osterwick)
When I first read Peter Brown’s book The Brauns of Osterwick, I never expected to actually see the gravesite of my great-great-great-grandfather Jakob Braun. It […]
Return to Edrans
Periodically throughout my life, I’d heard references to a place distant in both space and time: Edrans. Somewhere on those Scot-settled hills, flits the memory […]
The REAL Osterwick Cemetery (From Whence My 3G -Grandfather Was Exhumed)
Note: Evidently it’s been too long since I’ve read The Brauns of Osterwick! Turns out Jacob Braun was not buried in this cemetery because he […]