Writing Life Stories

As you know, if you are a regular reader of this blog, I have been researching my ancestors for about forty years. Lately, I have been ...

While talking with a friend today we discovered our ancestors came to this country in the seventeen and eighteen hundreds from England, Ir...

These are some of the lines in my mother's family. Mother was Georgia Lois Robison. Her father was William Henry Robison. His father was...

On my recent trip down to south Georgia where I was born and lived half my life, my brother Max and I, along with two second cousins, Latre...

In recent weeks, I've gone back to researching family history online. In 1998, I published a family history book based on my father...

A couple of years ago I wrote an article - How Do You Want to be Remembered? - which is one of the most often read page on this blog....

Many of us are involved in researching our genealogy, finding our ancestors and learning about their lives. At Writers Circle next Wednesday...

April is almost here and my new studio is almost ready for visitors. We will hold the first class on Tuesday, April 6, at 10:00 a.m. New tab...

I want to share this poem by my 8th cousin, Mary Michelle Keller. She is deeply into genealogy and found we have the same lines in our backg...

John Monroe Robison , in chair, and his children by wife Idella Frances Cooper who was disceased . Left to Right: Sarah Robison Oats,Meli...

A woman looking for our connection to the Posey line emailed me today. Going back through my old records, I find Poseys, Noah and Feraby in ...

Recently three cousins came to visit and I enjoyed seeing them and catching up. Sandra Mock was the cousin I first began working with on gen...

Stories add leaves and flowers to the branches of your family tree.— Gloria Nussbaum, Real to Reel,Beaverton, Oregon A life story is a gift ...