City directories for genealogy: My young grandparents

I {heart} city directories for genealogy research. They offer year-by-year insights into our ancestors’ lives. In-between censuses, I can see people move into different neighborhoods, take new jobs, and even marry or separate. The young newlywed couple in 1947:...

Why blog my family history

A few years ago, a layover dropped me briefly at the Denver airport–and flared in me a sudden longing for my grandparents. I would expect to feel nostalgic at the sight of the Colorado Rockies. When I was a child, my mom took me several times to visit her...