On this Father’s Day it would be strange if I didn’t think of my father and share some memories of him.

L.M. Montgomery wrote a passage in Anne of the Island (1915) describing letters from years past, which were written by her parents and which Anne was reading,

Have you tried to research your family history, only to find dead ends? Have you tried to build your family tree but only managed to find rabbit holes?

Count Pyotr Kleinmichel is one ancestor I'm not proud of. He's my maternal 2 x great grandfather and, if you have read the 2nd edition of Upheaval, you will

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I have always belonged to a library, well as far back as I can remember anyway. It is one of the first memberships I seek out when I move to a new location.

I’m very lucky to have these family photos. They are a very small sample of the many photos I inherited. Unfortunately, they are also an example of improperly

Today, January 11th, was my grandfather's birthday. Or was it? My grandfather, Pavel Voronov (Paul Woronoff) was born on December 29, 1886, or was he? I have

That was a question I was asked during the book launch for the 2nd edition of Upheaval and a question which I’m often asked by both friends and contacts on

It is now possible to gain these insights through human design.

Step into the glittering world of Imperial Russia – and witness its dramatic fall – through the eyes of Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel. ...

How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?

First published in 1932, my grandmother dedicated her memoir, Upheaval to her daughter and only child, Tatiana, who was also my mother.