Category Archives: capturing memories

Don’t rush to publish – a family stories gift for Father’s Day?

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

For his 85th birthday in late May, my dad was thrilled to see the manuscript of his family history that I had put together from old interviews and some genealogy searching. I was thrilled to see his brother and most … Continue reading →

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Genealogy, family history, and life stories book

Posted on April 23, 2017 by

My dad was prescient. In high school, he became interested in photography and snapped photos of life on the farm in the 1930s. After portable tape recorders and cassette tapes came on the commercial scene in the 1970s, he interviewed … Continue reading →

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War brides: the untold story

Posted on September 25, 2016 by

War brides. They were out there, often alone in a world of white, figuring out how to fit in. In my Japanese mother’s case, she was in the midst of Midwestern cornfields raising children who were the only non-white bread … Continue reading →

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