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July 2024

Inside the Burls: Who Owns the Story?
This is Part 4 of my series exploring burls as a metaphor for the complexity of family trees today. After looking at the power of telling a family…
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Kerri Kearney
7
How Family Albums Trigger Grandma Kay’s Hidden Stories
Family history storytelling and other insights from the Centenarian Playbook. Monthly posts from members celebrate their contributions to family history…
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Kevin Ferguson
The St Mary's Catholic Church
A one place study of a church and its role in supporting new immigrants and the founding and development of a community in rural Pennsylvania during the…
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Rainey Mitchell (L.E.E)
2

June 2024

Grandma Keats
I know some things about my Grandma Keats. I never met her; she died before I was born. Monthly posts from members celebrate their contributions to…
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Marci Keats Rudolph 🇨🇦
6
May Tom, Strength Through Adversity
Watch now | Agricultural life in the Sacramento Delta during the Great Depression combined with the harsh realities of segregation to forge a remarkable…
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Ron Chan
4
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Burl Stories as Tools, Part 3
In two previous posts, I introduced the tree burls metaphor to convey the complications of family relationships. Now, let’s consider the power of…
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Kerri Kearney
2
Bittersweet: A V-E Day Celebration Photo
A profound juxtaposition between the celebration and irony would form a firm foundation upon which Greta and Norm’s post-war life would flourish. This…
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Stacey Sherman
12

May 2024

Honor Flight Report from the Eastern Front
Honor Flight Journal of Ron Chan, while escorting his father, Alfred Chan, a WWII veteran. A Members’ Corner post for May 2024. Monthly posts from…
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Ron Chan
6
An Unknown Photo
Discovering a photo of an unknown soldier in an inherited box of old photos took me on a 1000-mile journey to an unveiling of a memorial for the 100th…
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Ann Larkham
5
A Death in the Family, 1944
The uncle I never knew. A Projectkin Members' Corner post for May 2024. Monthly posts from members celebrate their contributions to family history…
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Victoria Olsen
16
Chan China Roots Journal
It is said you die twice. Once when you stop breathing, and a second time when somebody says your name for the last time. This story honors my…
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Ron Chan
7
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