Along with many of you, the nation-wide COVID-19 quarantine has given me some extra time at home. As a result, the pace of my latest project kicked into high-gear, and I’m tearing (metaphorically, of course) through the more than 800 letters sent between my great-grandparents over the course of their courtship, engagement, and early marriage.… Continue reading Social Distancing, 1930s’ Style
As the Free-Range Historian, I often undertake projects on behalf of a non-profit, a small business, or a private collection. This work always takes me down an exciting rabbit hole, encountering an area of the past that I may not yet have studied or appreciated. But some projects come from my very own family, objects… Continue reading Labor of Love
What could be more fitting than to be handed the battered, tattered, well-used maps to a small rural cemetery on All Saints' Day? A perfect project for these dreary November nights! St. Titus Church, in Titusville, Pennsylvania, recently acquired the plot maps for the Mageetown Immaculate Conception Cemetery, located between Titusville and the nearby town… Continue reading Mapping Souls
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