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Remembering Mary Ann Brighton Telford
Mary Ann Brighton Telford, who lived from 1840 to 1910, belongs to the generation whose lives are often reconstructed through short notices, family papers,…
Living the Dordogne Dream Through a Family Home Exchange
For most Australians, the idea of trading a suburban house in Brisbane or Adelaide for a centuries-old stone cottage somewhere along a winding French river…
The Dust on the Tidwell Bible: A Poem About What Families Forget
Allen Hackworth's poem "The Dust on the Tidwell Bible" sits quietly on a personal website that doubles as a family archive, alongside chronologies of the…
Loni’s Irish Soda Bread And The McCarthy Family Story
The McCarthy family’s recipe for Irish soda bread is the kind of household record that carries more than measurements. Passed down by Loni, it belongs beside…
Using Land Deeds to Trace Telford Property in Illinois
Land deeds can turn a family story into a sequence of identifiable places, owners and dates. For the Telford family, an Illinois property may appear in several…
The 1952 South Family Reunion Through Loni's Photo Album
Loni's photo album sits in a quiet corner of the family archive, its leather cover worn soft from decades of handling. The South Family Reunion of 1952 was a…
The cider press at Tidwell Orchard: reading Allen Hackworth's prose
Allen Hackworth writes with the patience of someone who has spent decades beside old machines. In his prose piece about the cider press at Tidwell Orchard, the…
The Brighton Family's 1870 Census Record: A Window into Their Lives
The 1870 United States Census was conducted during a period of immense change across the American South, capturing families in the years immediately following…
Allen’s Prose: The Piano Bench That Held Sheet Music from 1900
The piano bench looked ordinary at first: dark wood, a hinged lid, a few scratches gathered over decades of use. Yet when it was opened, it revealed more than…
A Danish Coastal Farmhouse and Its Windmill
A home exchange in Denmark can offer a more intimate experience than a short hotel stay. Instead of moving between tourist districts, Australian visitors may…