Finding Inspiration: Visiting My Quaker Roots

This past weekend I found myself with a few hours of downtime in Flushing, New York. Rather than taking the train into Manhattan, I decided to venture out to visit a few places that were important to my own ancestry. I ordered a nice bottle from Oddbins and set off…

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Recently on JSTOR Daily: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918

A few years ago I came across a family photograph of the burial ceremony of my second great-grandmother, Rachel (Broadhead) Taylor and her daughter, Flora Taylor. Both had died within three days of one another and were buried October 28, 1918. Rachel died at the age of 55, leaving behind…

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