A game that brought dormant memories to the surface and made me face complex feelings: Along the Edge by @novabox

🌐 https://blog.gridranger.dev/along-the-edge/

#blog #blogpost #indieweb #familyhistory #alongtheedge #personalstory #visualnovel

What do centuries-old stones, a self-winding watch and child's sock have in common?

Such time capsules often hide in our cupboards: lost treasures, family heirlooms, old diaries or dry pressed flowers. It is not their monetary value that matters, but the stories they tell.

After reading similar posts from @AlexWolfe, @daj and @hryggrbyr, I started to think of my own list.

🌐 https://blog.gridranger.dev/my-oldest-things

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"So there I was, moving from apathy to disbelief, holding the same plant my great-grandfather Sigmund had nurtured nearly 100 years ago." —Emma Freud for The Observer

https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/emma-freud-sigmund-freuds-begonia/?src=longreads

#freud #writing #reading #longreads #familyhistory #begonia

AFAIK the Mormon church has the most extensive collection of open genealogy records in the whole world. Genealogy is a BIG part of their religion so they archive every scrap of genealogical data that comes their way.

#genealogy #FamilyHistory #Ancestors #Ancestry #FamilyTrees