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. […]
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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 […]
Exploring the Hiebert Cemetery… WITH a Hiebert!
I might blather on and on about visiting cemeteries here on my blog, but in real life, I don’t talk to people about it very […]
Katharina Barkman Koop: Nameless in Blumenort Cemetery #2
We first visited this cemetery in 2012. We were on our way back from Harvest Sun Festival in Kelwood. There was just something about having […]