Family Stories

All families have stories; some stories are almost myths… did my ancestors really come from Sweden? Were they really river pilots or pirates operating out of the east coast port of King’s Lynn? Some family stories are true, although some facts may be hidden; my great-grandparents loved each other across a religious divide, but where and how did they meet? Some family stories are only revealed through census records and some genealogical detective work. I want to tell the stories of my family, and others who otherwise might be lost in the past.

writing by Lois

Family history writing group, latest update

I have a monthly family history writing group – we don’t research our ancestry, we write about what we know, remember, have found out, imagine, and every meeting I’m amazed at the great writing which is shared. Last time we were thinking about people, about characters, about stories, using our imaginations and using senses to […]

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Family Stories by Lois

I wonder who they were?

I’ve been trying to make a list of my forebears… not as easy as I thought when I began it. OK, four grandparents, three of whom I remember, eight g-grandparents, two of whom I knew when I was a child, my dad’s maternal grandparents. He so often spoke of his father’s parents I feel a […]

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