I’m set to write a piece for an upcoming anthology and have found myself at a crossroads of inspiration. The piece is about an ancestor and the clues about her life that were left in mundane places. Places like Census Records and City Directories, yearbooks and newspaper clippings. Old news written and documented over 100…
Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. As the story goes, I was, in fact, named for the 1972 Allman Brothers song, Melissa. Not for a family member or a best friend, but for a love song. I guess there are worse things 😉 Melissa name meaning from Ancestry.com: The name Melissa…
This post was originally published to my old family history blog, boldandqueer(dot)com. Since no longer publishing on that site, I have moved a handful of popular posts to this space and dated them as their original publish date. Please visit my Bold+Queer Family History category for all family history and genetic genealogy specific posts. So you’re curious…
