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Reading the Hush of the Tidwell Cemetery at Dusk
Allen Hackworth's quiet verses have long found their subjects in the weathered corners of family memory, and few pieces carry that lineage feeling as plainly…
Tracing the McCarthy family's farming years in Indiana
The McCarthy family line appears across the family archive alongside the Tidwell, South, Brighton, and Telford branches, and their farming years in Indiana…
A digital tour through the Telford family’s 1900s photograph album
A family photograph album can look quiet at first glance: a sequence of faces, stiff poses, handwritten names and corners softened by age. Look more closely,…
Loni’s Prose And The Lace Collar Worn By Aunt Lillian South
A lace collar can look like a modest piece of clothing, yet it may carry an entire family’s sense of time. In Loni’s prose, the collar worn by Aunt Lillian…
The broken wagon wheel that marked a Tidwell homestead
When I was twelve, my grandmother sat down beside an old split-rail fence and narrated the rest of the day for me. She had been three years old when the wheel…
The Brighton Family’s 1920s Wireless Gatherings
A radio set in the 1920s was more than a household appliance. It was a new kind of doorway, carrying voices, music, news and distant events into an ordinary…
Building A Family Website That Keeps Stories Alive
A family website can be much more than a digital noticeboard. It can become a carefully arranged archive where photographs, letters, obituaries, recipes,…
Genealogy Research: Interpreting McCarthy Naturalization Papers
Naturalization papers can turn a McCarthy family story into a documented migration history. They may identify a person’s birthplace, arrival date, occupation,…
George Brighton Telford, 1875–1953: An Archival Memorial
George Brighton Telford lived from 1875 to 1953, a period that carried families from the late Victorian era through two world wars, economic upheaval, changing…
A Chalet Stay Near Salzburg Through Home Exchange
A home exchange in Austria can offer Australian travellers a slower, more domestic experience than a conventional holiday. Instead of moving between hotels,…