Guest Post: The Photo That Changed My World
by Jenn Nielsen I’ve always imagined, a tiny baby wrapped tightly in a white blanket with a small blue and pink stripe, pink or blue cap on the baby’s head. A newborn’s first portrait,...
Tagged: family history
Finding Family with DNA Testing
There was a new face at my step-grandmother’s funeral—another Nordic face, like my step-grandma and her children and grandchildren. He had never met my step-grandmother, but in the few days after her death and...
#EqualAccess Series Guest Post: Getting To Where I am Called
by Maggie Slighte This post is part of The Exponent’s #EqualAccess Series. Disabled voices rarely get a chance to speak for themselves, but this blog series seeks to eliminate the stigma that disabled people...
Internalized Racism Hinders Family History Work
By Michelle Franzoni Thorley Today I want to continue our discussion about family history for people of color by addressing how shame prevents us from engaging in generational healing and family history. This post...
Building a Family
My youngest brother arrives home from his mission in two weeks, and combined with my sister planning a wedding, and all the changes coming up this year to our family structure, I’ve been pondering...
Claiming Our Name
I claimed my name – with all its sordid history—and, by so doing, I transformed it into something beautiful and ennobling for me and for my children.
Un-redeeming the dead
I have a complex family history question that I am hoping to find an expert to help me with. I am wondering if there are any family history gurus that might be able to...
Guest Post: Redeem from Oblivion
by Em In recent months I have been thinking a great deal about redemption. As members of the Church, one of our main purposes is to redeem the dead. It is not a light...
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