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A South Family Reunion Through Loni’s Camera
Loni’s Photo Album: The South Family Reunion at the County Fairgrounds, 1952 preserves more than a gathering on a summer day. Its photographs hold a temporary…
Dating Old Photographs Through Clothing And Hairstyles
An old photograph often carries its date in quiet details: the cut of a jacket, the height of a hem, the shape of a hat, or the way a child’s hair has been…
Reading the Brighton Family Log Cabin Photograph
A photograph of the Brighton family’s log cabin from the 1870s offers more than a view of an old building. It preserves a meeting point between family memory,…
Genealogy research: using probate records to uncover Tidwell heirlooms
A family heirloom rarely arrives with a complete explanation. A quilt may carry a stitched initial, a pocket watch may have passed through several households,…
The Dust on the Attic Trunk That Held McCarthy Letters
Dust is often treated as evidence of neglect, yet it can also be a record of time. It settles on the lid of a trunk, gathers in the folds of envelopes, and…
Home Exchange in Italy: A Farmhouse in the Tuscan Hills
A home exchange can turn an Italian holiday into a temporary life rather than a sequence of hotel stays. In the Tuscan hills, a stone farmhouse may offer…
Remembering Martha Jane Tidwell, 1820–1901
Martha Jane Tidwell lived across a century of immense change. Born in 1820 and recorded as dying in 1901, she belonged to a generation that knew a world of…
South Family Service in the American Civil War 1861 to 1865
The American Civil War reshaped an entire generation of households across the southern states, and the South family was no exception. Between the first shots…
Allen's Essay: Tracing the Brighton Family's Wagon Route to Missouri
Allen's essay opens in a study lined with filing cabinets and a framed tintype. From that quiet starting point, his writing pulls the reader westward, through…
The Quilt Stitched by Margaret Telford for Her Daughter’s Wedding
A quilt can preserve a family story in a form that is both intimate and remarkably durable. In Loni’s prose, the quilt stitched by Margaret Telford for her…