Giving Thanks

Rewrite the what-are-you-thankful-for question and switch it out with a series of legacy questions.  Go around the table and ask everyone one question. ...

Top Excuses for Not Preserving Family History

Most people have a list of wishes they'd like to accomplish in their lifetime. Preserving family stories is often one of them.  The ...

My wish for 3 Cleveland women

A decade of misery is a monumental journey to move beyond. I agree that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight of Cleveland ...

21 life story questions for spring

Sometimes you need a change of season to spark your interest in all the things you love about life and the moments you’d ...

Strange as it may seem

When my intuition goes into overdrive

 Intuition is a wildly successful skill to have as a personal historian. The process of working with clients always brings me closer to them. ...

My crappy successful blog

I started a personal blog several years ago to share family stories with my large extended family before I left corporate communications to ...

Life story questions you will love for Valentine’s Day

Whether you share Valentine’s Day with a special someone or not, everyone can love. We have things we cherish, time we love spending, events ...

Tidbit Hunting

Never underestimate the power of one tidbit of information about your family history that comes to you quite randomly. It may open the ...

The Hope Tree

UNION BEACH, N.J. _ It’s Christmastime and this is a story about hope, the kind of hope that arises slowly after a tragedy.  ...