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Author Archives: Janette Silverman
Researching Journeys, Journeys to Research
There are so many journeys that our ancestors took. Each one was different from every other one. I know a lot (but not everything of course) of the journeys of Eastern European Jews and their lives, since that’s where I … Continue reading
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Research is a waiting game
I’m sure I’m not the only person who has reached out to a close DNA cousin match or the owner of a tree that seems to include your family, and waited and waited for a response that never came. How … Continue reading
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If you don’t find it – look some more!
We all know that the last place you look is going to uncover precisely what you’re searching for whether it’s your house key, sunglasses or a record. It feels like I’ve been searching for some elusive information about my grandfather’s … Continue reading
The sadness in records
Ever since the beginning of COVID, the Spanish flu pandemic of 100+ years ago has been more than just words on a page in a history book. Today, I am grieving for a family long gone who I never would … Continue reading
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And over and over again
At the beginning of any research, as that tree begins to grow, the twigs, roots, and branches all fill out, documents are found so fast, sometimes it’s like magic. And then… suddenly, with no warning, you hit the proverbial brick … Continue reading
In the blink of an eye!
At the beginning of the pandemic, I thought, as we all moved to remote work, that I would fill the time I previously spent commuting writing in my blog about research questions, challenges and those eureka! moments that inevitably occur. … Continue reading
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Starting a new year, continuing old searches
Over the last months of the pandemic, as I stay at home, surrounded by family and friends through social media and phone calls, I started working through my tree to tackle those brick walls that have been just sitting around … Continue reading
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Family: Back to the Basics
Family, after all is at the core of who we are and what we do. I’m speaking here about families, no matter how you define them – could be bio or adopted families, nuclear or extended, or community. Last night, … Continue reading
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Sitting in Place
I know that many of you are in the same position I am right now – sitting somewhere, probably indoors. It’s a crazy and, for most of us, an unexpected and sudden halt to most of what we do – … Continue reading
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The Earth Moved
No, this isn’t about sex. It may be about fear and lack of trust, but it isn’t about sex. It’s not about fear or lack of trust in a person. It is about a relationship – the relationship we have … Continue reading
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