Uncovering a Sense of My Local Identity
I often feel like I carry a cocktail of my family’s histories deep within my bones, pulsing through my blood and veins. Tender naivety. Raging […]
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My 5G-Grandmother’s Gravestone Was Discovered in Ukraine
I’ve had a kind of difficult time trying to find the gravestones of my great-grandparents. They’re mostly in Canada, but yet I have not managed […]
Mennonite Daughters Writing About Their Fathers
I’ve just finished reading two books with a theme of daughters writing about their fathers, but it wasn’t an intentional pairing. At least, not consciously. […]
The Buhr Mystery
The Buhrs loom large in my imagination. When you know absolutely nothing about a branch in your family tree, there’s no detail for your imagination […]
Looking For My Grandmother in “Adventures of a Mennonite”
What happens when you’re desperate for stories but running out of sources? Well, if you’re a Mennonite, you can search for books written by folks […]