Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash I haven’t blogged in a while. For two years, I put this blog on private as I’d no longer had the willpower to push out blog posts the way that I did six years ago. I write a little more about this in my blog post Why Do You Do… ? Recently, I have revamped my blog. I have unpublished posts that didn’t reflect who I was then or who I am now, or those that felt too personal to share ‘out there’. I also removed posts I wrote just for the sake of posting content and main taining an audience, even when inauthentic to me. It means more to me that others feel the value and quality of what I share rather than the quantity. I am not sure how often I will post, all I know is when the inspiration and curiosity strike, that’s when it will occur. My intention for this blog is to lead with more spontaneity than usual, structured content, along with transparency, authenticity, and vulnerability to whatever degree feels right. My inte...
Have you ever looked deep within the history of your ancestors' hometown? Perhaps you wanted to know who founded a church your ancestor worshiped in. If so, you need to be researching your ancestors' local history. Why You Should Be Researching Your Ancestors' Local History? 1. FAN Club (Family, Friends, Associates & Neighbors)- You may find a collateral ancestor mentioned inside a town history or a book about the locality. Even if you don't find an ancestor mentioned in a book, your ancestor may have known a prominent figure(s) in the community. 2 . Historical, Social, & Economic Context - Understanding what was going on in our ancestor's city or town , will put perspective on our ancestors' lives. My Own Research Over the past year, I have done in-depth research on one of my ancestral hometowns. Many of my maternal ancestors were from a small rural town called Vestal which in Broome County, New York. A snippet of my l...