Myth and Meaning
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010I just ran across a scrap of paper as I cleaned out some boxes. I’m not sure when I wrote it, though it was sometime before moving back to the U.S. from Sweden a couple years ago. At the time, I was intending to start this blog at some point after the move and I’m [...]
Genealogy Without Documentation Is…
Friday, September 18th, 2009You may have run across a phrase something along the lines of “Genealogy without documentation is mythology.” It is a nice catchphrase and it certainly is out to make an important point but I must admit that I don’t care for it all that much. Myth First, I think our catchphrase is rather disparaging to [...]
Humans as Storytellers
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Human beings tell stories. We can’t help it. That is how we order our world—in narratives. We tell stories about ourselves, our family and our friends. Some stories lose their interest after days, months or years while others become favorites we tell our whole lives. It is those that become the stories children hear over [...]
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