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Finding Tidwell Biographies in County Histories
County histories can turn a name in a family tree into a recognisable person. A brief entry may identify a Tidwell ancestor’s occupation, marriage, land,…
William Brighton, 1815–1899: A Life Preserved in Family Memory
William Brighton lived from 1815 until 1899, a span of eighty-four years that covered enormous changes in Britain and the wider English-speaking world. His…
Home Exchange In Portugal: Life In A Whitewashed Algarve House
A home exchange in Portugal can feel less like a holiday rental and more like borrowing a chapter from another family’s life. In the Algarve, that chapter may…
The Smell of Bacon in the South Kitchen
Allen Hackworth’s poem “The Smell of Bacon in the South Kitchen” begins with an ordinary household sensation and opens it into a family landscape. Bacon frying…
The Telford Family’s 1880s Illinois Farm Map
An old farm map can preserve a family’s daily world more clearly than a formal biography. A name written beside a lane, orchard, creek, or outbuilding places…
Allen’s Prose: The Old Plow Share in the Tidwell Field
An old plow share can seem like an ordinary piece of iron: rusted, blunt, and too heavy for anyone to want in a garden shed. In Allen’s prose, however, it…
Loni’s Photo Album And The Brighton Family Picnic
A 1930s summer picnic can appear ordinary at first glance: relatives seated on a rug, children gathered near a tree, and a camera held at the edge of the…
The McCarthy Family’s 1915 Christmas Card Transcribed
A Christmas card from 1915 is a small object with an unusually large reach. Its printed greeting, handwriting, names and postmarks can connect the McCarthy…
Tracing Brighton service in the War of 1812 through pension files
The War of 1812 remains one of the most poorly documented American conflicts, largely because the British burning of Washington in August 1814 destroyed most…
Building a family photo timeline for your next history presentation
Most family photograph collections live in a surprising range of containers: an old biscuit tin from a Brisbane boarding house, a leather album bought in…