Category Archives: capturing memories

Rachel Calof’s Story

Posted on August 13, 2006 by moonbridgebooks

Rachel Calof was a Russian Jew who traveled to America to an arranged marriage in rural North Dakota. In the 1930’s, when she was in her sixties, she wrote her story in Yiddish, looking back on her rough life on … Continue reading →

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Sofia’s Memories – European WWII Experience

Posted on March 18, 2006 by moonbridgebooks

I met a delightful elderly woman at the last meeting of our local Publisher’s Association. She came to the meeting with a spiral-bound (comb-bound) manuscript of her memories as a young girl in Poland who was forced to move to … Continue reading →

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Writing Your Family History as a Booklet

Posted on March 4, 2006 by moonbridgebooks

If you are a decent writer, and even if you are not, you may choose to record family memories on paper. Computer word processing makes this job easy. Type up all the information you have on your family member, place … Continue reading →

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