Family historian, designer, and author of The Record Keeper: The Unfolding of a Family Secret in the Age of Genetic Genealogy

Category: Cemeteries

Interview Your Dead Relatives: Using Your Senses to Unlock Your Ancestors’ Stories
Interview Your Dead Relatives: Using Your Senses to Unlock Your Ancestors’ Stories

Exploring family history can extend beyond genealogy to amateur anthropology by using the senses to connect with ancestors’ lives—through touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. By immersing in their world using artifacts, photos, recordings, and even replicating their recipes and gardening habits, one can gain a deeper, empathetic understanding of their heritage.

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