Do you wish you had famous ancestors?
Do you daydream about inheriting a family estate filled with heirlooms?
Do you yearn for a life rich in history?
Does your own story seem like nothing special?
It doesn't have to be that way. You can claim your own history as valuable.
Claiming Your History will show you how to give your home, your possessions, your stories and traditions significance beyond the present moment and even the present lifetime. You'll learn how to unravel the long saga that led to you and how to incorporate your own irreplaceable history into your everyday world.
With 75 entries on genealogy, heirlooms, home, and tradition, and more than 200 links to additional resources, you'll find in Claiming Your History everything you need to create a life rich in historical meaning.
Ideas in Chapter One: Genealogy
...Give your children your maiden name.
...Find your relatives abroad and visit them.
...Listen to everything anyone over 60 says.
...Explain family beliefs.
Ideas in Chapter Two: Heirlooms
...Collect your family like trading cards.
...Make a baby clothes blanket.
...Don't sell the Tonka or the Dr. Seuss books.
...Replace was probably was.
Ideas in Chapter Three: Home
...Excavate.
...Settle in your ancestral home.
...Research previous landowners.
...Create an historic garden.
Ideas in Chapter Four: Tradition
...Carry forward old skills.
...Tie up your old letters with ribbons.
...Treat items as if they were heirlooms.
...Engage in old-fashioned activity.
Do you daydream about inheriting a family estate filled with heirlooms?
Do you yearn for a life rich in history?
Does your own story seem like nothing special?
It doesn't have to be that way. You can claim your own history as valuable.
Claiming Your History will show you how to give your home, your possessions, your stories and traditions significance beyond the present moment and even the present lifetime. You'll learn how to unravel the long saga that led to you and how to incorporate your own irreplaceable history into your everyday world.
With 75 entries on genealogy, heirlooms, home, and tradition, and more than 200 links to additional resources, you'll find in Claiming Your History everything you need to create a life rich in historical meaning.
Ideas in Chapter One: Genealogy
...Give your children your maiden name.
...Find your relatives abroad and visit them.
...Listen to everything anyone over 60 says.
...Explain family beliefs.
Ideas in Chapter Two: Heirlooms
...Collect your family like trading cards.
...Make a baby clothes blanket.
...Don't sell the Tonka or the Dr. Seuss books.
...Replace was probably was.
Ideas in Chapter Three: Home
...Excavate.
...Settle in your ancestral home.
...Research previous landowners.
...Create an historic garden.
Ideas in Chapter Four: Tradition
...Carry forward old skills.
...Tie up your old letters with ribbons.
...Treat items as if they were heirlooms.
...Engage in old-fashioned activity.
