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Standing Where It Happened I always meant this series to have three parts. But in mid‑August 2024, I found myself standing on the shoreline in Niagara-on-the-Lake, looking across the mouth of the Niagara River at Old Fort Niagara. From where I stood, the fort looked quiet, almost serene. The water lapped gently at the shore, and the red roofs and stone…

Do you believe in the after life? Do you believe that your loved ones have a way of communicating with you after they’ve crossed? Has…

I know I already posted a blog today. But, as I was walking out the door, I got an email from Ancestry that my DNA…

On Genealogy: My Quaker Connection; Descendant of John Milk, British Colonial America, 1662. Today’s blog on genealogy #5 is on the lineage of the Milk…

Have you ever seen a photograph so powerful it stays with you for life? I first saw one as a teenager—a naked girl, running, screaming,…

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