Young people are warned to be careful what they put online, as anything posted could permanently haunt them. Potential employers might find your youthful indiscretions. Reputations are at stake. And yet, the constant flood of new information and the burying of old information are realities of the online landscape. Many systems are shut down or […]
I previously wrote that fake news is not new, citing a fictitious story from the turn of the 20th century. Another story caught my eye, not so much because it was unbelievable, rather because it had a glaring math error. Poor, smiling convict Tony Gorona The story was of a young man, age 18, who
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We can give future generations a valuable gift of our stories. Even mundane stories about a small part of our lives can be those little gems that reveal important facets of our lives. I came across a lovely collection of stories produced by the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
As I research through hundreds of pages of documents, newspapers and other sources, I often come across unrelated bits of information that catch my eye. These stories are often sad or even tragic, though many are amusing, endearing or just somehow connect with me. Such was the case today, when a tiny news blurb from
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I usually assume that if a man and a woman are memorialized on the same grave marker that they were married. More recently, the same conclusion could also apply with same-sex couples. There’s a saying about the danger of “assume”… (it does not always impugn the other person!) The question arose because of a few
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Last year, I took a “break” and visited the Gooch Family Reunion for the first time in several years. This reunion is for anyone descended from ol’ man Jim Gooch (1829-1913). I suppose anyone descended from Jim’s dad Tillman would be welcome as well! For that 2021 Reunion (the 84th one!), I was nearly blind
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Every life has many stories. Wonderful happy stories and sometimes tragic stories. If we look, we see the stories. Here we have the grave marker of two brothers, proclaimed as “World’s Greatest Brothers” on the flower vase between the headstones. You might note that they also have the same death date. Often when we see
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With video now as easy as pulling out your phone, it is essential to preserve video as a part of documenting a person’s life. Memorial or tribute videos are one of the standard services now offered by funeral homes. These videos are often no more than a collection of family-provided photos panned and zoomed across
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Genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org provide a wealth of information on our ancestors. We, as the descendants, pull together memorial pages to show relationships and to remember those who came before us. These are great resources for most people. There are, however, many people from the past that are not well-documented or are
An exceptional visit to Rose Hill Cememtery, remembered on the 50th anniversary of Duane Allman’s death.
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