Category Archives: capturing memories

Great Life Stories

I discovered a wonderful website that will help you write the story of your life, or that of someone else that you care about, at http://www.GreatLifeStories.com . Basic GreatLifeStories service is free. You can type up your personal memories or … Continue reading

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Rachel Calof’s Story

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

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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