This post is part of series on recent family history research I've been working on and some of the methods that family historians and genealogists use. If you'd like to learn more about your own family history but don't know where to start, you can find out more here. In Part I of this story, …
The Woman at the Window PART I
This post is part of series on recent family history research I've been working on and some of the methods that family historians and genealogists use. If you'd like to learn more about your own family history but don't know where to start, you can find out more here. Bellevue Cemetery is situated on the …
Five on a Friday: Podcasts for a Varied Life
I am addicted to podcasts. Much like the earlier 2000s were the golden age of blogging, it seems that today we are living in a golden age of audio. Podcasts crept into my life very unassumingly. I can’t even name the first one I ever listened to. But like the Netflix-induced binging of television series …
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Chilling tales from the Lower Cape Fear
On a stifling, late summer evening in September, I sat with my family in my parents’ living room in the wake of Hurricane Florence. We had been without electricity for nearly a week. Windows were raised in an effort to take advantage of any breeze, light traffic on the main road nearby and evening insects …