25 Days Before the Hurricane

Just 25 days before Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, I would learn a thing or two about the magic of New Orleans cemeteries. #MSConnections

May 28, 2020 5

When Karen Became Carrie

So, let me get this straight: my step-third-great-grandmother was a Deadwood pioneer, a mystery, and a good old-fashioned genealogy logic problem...just waiting to be solved? Sign. Me. Up.

February 3, 2020 8

Valentine’s Day, and Other Rabbit Holes

Curiosity about my step-third-great-grandmother led me down an ancestral rabbit hole, and there I found a tragic story of love, loss, and survival. It seems fitting to tell her story on Valentine's Day, the anniversary of their final farewell.