Month: April 2026

Your Dash: What Family History Teaches Us About Life Between The Dates

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Family history often begins with names and dates, but it rarely ends there. In this post, we explore what genealogy can teach us about the space between those dates, inspired by the poem “The Dash.” When we explore family history, whether walking through a graveyard, browsing parish registers, or scrolling through old records, we see the same pattern … Continue reading Your Dash: What Family History Teaches Us About Life Between The Dates

We Are Not Always Who We Think We Are: What Family History Teaches Us About Identity

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When we begin exploring our family history, we often start with the basics, simply collecting names, dates, and records. A tidy pastime, perhaps. A way to give shape to the past and connect us to our ancestors. What we don’t always realise at the outset is that genealogy has a habit of quietly rearranging the … Continue reading We Are Not Always Who We Think We Are: What Family History Teaches Us About Identity