Category: Genealogy
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Foundling Wheels, the Italian Baby Boxes
Previously I wrote about the fact that adoptees can’t be certain future generations will understand their biological origins unless they take action to ensure this information is preserved. I began to think about this issue due to a discovery I…
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Preserving Your Life Story as an Adoptee
In recent years as I’ve become more proficient in doing genealogical research and documentation, I’ve thought more and more about what my own descendants will be able to unearth about my life fifty or one hundred or even two hundred…
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The Never-ending Journey
I don’t think one ever recovers from losing a parent, no matter the nature of the loss. Losing anyone important to us comes with grief, and since parents are meant to be our foundation both biologically and socially, we mourn…
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Our Histories
As a child, I hated history class. All that pointless memorization. All those names of European explorers, battle generals, and document drafters that blended together in my brain. So many exact dates we needed to regurgitate, and for what purpose?…
Karen Pickell: Between 