Finding Memories

Todays the day! 1950 census data 🎉

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/7228821001

Detailed 1950 US Census data to be released April 1 following mandatory 72-year wait Personally identifiable 1950 census data will be released on Friday. All detailed census data must, by law, be sequestered for 72 years.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/family-trees-fill-gaps-black-people-seeking-ancestral-roots-rcna13998

Family trees fill in the gaps for Black people seeking their ancestral roots Black people have been able to connect with the past and give new agency to their identities through building family trees and researching their family histories.

This article is so important. This is the first I’ve ever heard of Mae Louise Walls Miller.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/437573/blacks-were-enslaved-well-into-the-1960s

Black People in the US Were Enslaved Well into the 1960s More than 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, there were black people in the Deep South who had no idea they were free. These people were forced to work, violently tortured, and r***d.

Adoptees nationwide may soon gain access to their original birth certificates Adopted children face a slew of legal challenges in trying to obtain their original birth certificates. Lawmakers across the country are increasingly granting more access as a basic human right.

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Have you found your body type in your ancestors’ photos? I have!

Strong women who were farmers, and nurses, and mothers who grew and fed babies. All sizes have always existed. The media has shifted this narrative, I guess, since advertisements hit printing presses.

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Artists who are also passionate about “finding memories” - this mother and son duo won the top ArtPrize award for capturing the the memories, guidance, and advice of people nearing the end of life. This is the important kind of work I feel we are missing in our culture, and an example of why I am so passionate about digging these stories out of the past. Over the last century or two we’ve fallen out of touch with storytelling and listening to our elders.

I do have one question, however… the article doesn’t mention anything about the covid delta variant and going into a small phone booth to put a public receiver up to your face.

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2021/10/mother-son-team-filled-with-love-and-humbling-happiness-after-winning-top-artprize-2021-award.html

Mother-son team filled with ‘love and humbling happiness’ after winning top ArtPrize 2021 award Christian Reichle and Monica Pritchard won the ArtPrize 2021 grand prize for their entry, “Before You Go.”

Lineage is so intriguing and exciting! We live in a time where we can learn things that were previously impossible to know - it’s like time travel!

Fourteen living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci are identified Fourteen people alive today in Italy can claim that they are descendants of