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Allen’s poem: The porch swing at the South homestead
A porch swing can hold more history than its simple wooden frame suggests. It carries the weight of people who rested there, the quiet conversations that…
The McCarthy Family’s Journey from County Armagh to Ohio
The story of the McCarthy family’s movement from County Armagh to Ohio belongs to a wider history of Irish migration, changing borders, industrial opportunity,…
Loni’s Notes on Preserving Vintage Fabric from Family Heirlooms
Old fabric often survives in quiet forms: a quilt folded in a cedar chest, a lace collar tucked into a Bible, or a child’s dress resting in an attic box. These…
A grandfather’s account of the 1918 influenza pandemic
A family letter can preserve a moment that official records often flatten into dates, totals, and public notices. Allen’s grandfather’s account of the 1918 flu…
Tidwell women and the quilts they carried forward
Quilts often preserve family history in a form that can be touched, folded, repaired, and handed to another generation. A pattern may begin as a practical…
The Hammer That Built the Telford Barn
A barn rarely enters family memory as a simple building. Its beams, doors, tools, and weathered boards gather the work of several generations, turning ordinary…
Loni’s Photo Album: The Tidwell Reunion at Cumberland Falls, 1961
A family photograph can preserve more than faces gathered beneath a summer sky. It can hold the shape of a relationship, the habits of a particular household,…
Using Death Certificates to Confirm Brighton and Telford Connections
Death certificates can turn a suspected family relationship into a documented connection. In the Brighton and Telford lines, they may provide the precise…
Remembering Ruth Brighton South, 1916–2009
Ruth Brighton South lived through nearly the whole of the twentieth century. Her life began in 1916, when the world was still shaped by horse-drawn travel,…
Allen’s poem: The worn path to the Tidwell springhouse
Allen Hackworth’s poem, The Worn Path to the Tidwell Springhouse, draws its strength from a place that is both ordinary and deeply remembered. A narrow trail,…