The generation of my grandparents is rightfully known as The Greatest Generation. They have been so identified because of their sacrifices and contributions during the years of the Great Depression and World War II. We likewise are free with our praise of the Pioneer Generation, those pre-and-post Civil War era ancestors who conquered the West […]
Memorial Day. A day argued by many that is lost to some in meaning. Many mark it as an extra day off — a day of barbeques, a first summer swim in a lake or a chance to get away. It began as Decoration Day, an event to decorate the graves of the fallen from […]
Recently I have had the chance to connect with more of my Begich cousins. It has been wonderful. In conversing with one via email this week I asked some questions about my great Grandpa Mike Begich, who immigrated to the United States around 1905. He lived from 1886 to 1965. In my lifetime I’ve heard […]
Hidden behind many of these pages is a contemporary record of my family. It dates back to when my wife and I married in 1991 and there are many reasons I have not yet made it available to anyone. Someday it will be a part of the public archives here. I don’t share these things […]
In the work of family history it is the story of the women that are always tough to find. It has been a man’s world for a long time and records for women are scarce. Yet when you get past the raw data of names, places and dates what frequently survives are stories and those […]