Category: Share Family Stories
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A Forgotten Galveston Home: Memoir Excerpt
There’s no way to know what went on in the Cravey family by looking at internet pictures of the front of a house. Technology doesn’t provide that information for us.
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10 Steps to hanging your family history wall
A project like this can be overwhelming and easy to put off. I broke it into stages so you can at least start on the first stage and immediately earn bragging rights.
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Memories Monday: What 10 years does to a soldier
The years between these two events changed my identity and entire world view. Can any of us imagine ten years into the future?
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Mission to save family collections
It broke my Aunt Leah’s heart to have to toss so many family histories into the trash. Picturing her doing it breaks mine too.
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Toxic ghost town. Did it kill my kin?
A story about the most toxic town would surely have a video. There are many, but surprisingly, I stumbled on one with my own distant cousin, museum owner Orval “Hoppy” Ray in it. How weird is that?