HeyJaredGenealogy Storytelling
Family history is rich with stories. I share stories from my own family and others I've come across during research to highlight the importance of bringing family history alive.
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A Life Left Unfinished (opens the original)
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Sometimes, while writing about one person, I’m struck by the story of someone else in that person’s family and I put it aside for another time. This time, I’m writing about the brother of Eliza Estelle Todd, whom I wrote about here on August 26, 2024: Daughter of the Queen of the West: Eliza Estelle ToddForrest Bogue Todd was born on March 27, 1870 in Henry County, Illinois, probably in Kewanee, which is where his family lived when he was two months old.<a cl
The Lightning Strike (opens the original)
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My response to anyone who says they don’t do genealogy because “my family would just be boring,” is “No, it wouldn’t.” Do the genealogy and always talk to your extended family members if you can. Not everyone’s family has a monarch or famous actor, but it will not be boring.I recently expanded my research on the maternal grandparents of my first cousin once-removed, Doris Boatright Lynn. Now, she didn’t say her family was boring, but rather was interested in learning more about them, and I’m usi
"Chicago Girl" Sequel (opens the original)
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I wrote about Marie Thomann in my January 16, 2026 post entitled “Chicago Girl,” as part of my 1882 Autograph Book series. It’s here if you missed it: "Chicago Girl" - Marie Louise ThomannSeldom have I been contacted by a family member of one of the ladies who signed the St. Mary’s Academy autograph book, but I did receive a message from Marie’s great-grandson, August “Joe” Haschka. I’ve had the honor to learn so much ab
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