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When writing family history, it’s difficult to create a realistic picture of people long gone. Genealogy data reveals little about how people looked, moved, or talked, or what strengths and weaknesses shaped their lives. Then there’s family pride. Absent any evidence to the contrary, we tend to idealize our forebears. We want them to be [...]
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If you live in the Salt Lake City area, or are looking for another excuse to head that way to do some genealogy research, you should plan your schedule to take in an excellent conference, “Saving Lives, One Story at at Time,” sponsored by the Utah Chapter of the Association of Personal Historians, on October [...]
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I just finished reading Mary Karr’s Lit, a memoir I admire as much as The Liars Club, her earlier bestselling memoir. Her latest book chronicles her descent into alcohol addiction and then shows how good friends help her cast aside her life-long atheism to embrace a faith that turns her life around. The book is [...]
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