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“Knowing your generational story firms the ground upon which you stand. It makes your life, your struggles and triumphs, bigger than your lone existence. It connects you to a grand plotline.”

Book:Just as I Am

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Just as I Am

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Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson, an iconic American actress, was born in December 1933. Renowned for her profound acting skills and versatile character portrayals, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Actress. more

“My charge, then, in putting down my pen, and giving over this work to posterity, is this: Take the time. Take the time to preserve the stories, the photographs, the small mementos that mean so much. This is your legacy to future generations. Give it the attention it deserves. Your children and your grandchildren will thank you for it.”

Stories Legacy Posterity Family History Genealogy Future Generations Photographs Preserve Heirlooms Mementos

Book:One Immigrant's Legacy: The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009: A Biographical Record of Revolutionary War Veteran Capt. John George Overmire and His Descendants

Source: One Immigrant's Legacy: The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009: A Biographical Record of Revolutionary War Veteran Capt. John George Overmire and His Descendants

“Just like our ancestors, we too will fall out of living memory and be forgotten. It will take a future genealogist to find us again. Make it a good find.”

Ancestry Family History Genealogy Genealogist

Author:Stephen Robert Kuta

“She listens to the history of her painting read aloud in court and finds it hard to associate her portrait, the little painting that has hung serenely on her bedroom wall, with such trauma, such globally significant events.”

Family History Portrait

Book:The Last Letter from Your Lover

Source: The Last Letter from Your Lover

“Ultimately, the great truths of family history don't live in any book. They live in the hearts and minds of the living descendants. They live in the way we conduct our lives, in the passing of traditions and values to those who will follow.”

Values Descendants Family History Traditions Genealogy Hearts And Minds

Book:A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey

Source: A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey

“All of us are part of a beautiful pageantry of human experience. Let us make the most of this life in all we do.”