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Hope/Nadiya/надія

March 9, 2016 |
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I am an idiot. In the space of about 18 hours, I participated in two demonstrations (one in pouring rain),…

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Pilgrimage to Maidan

February 17, 2016 |
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“I’m dying.” –Tweet from a 21-year-old volunteer medic, Olesya Zhukovskaya, February 20, 2014. This update was the first thing I…

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Osthofen, Germany: My Ancestral Town

February 9, 2016 |
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The town of Osthofen, Germany, was the home of the Schott family from at least1717 to 1809. It is over…

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First-Timer Impressions of RootsTech

February 7, 2016 |
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After 20 years of doing genealogy, I thought it was about time I got myself to RootsTech, an enormous annual…

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Schotten, Germany: Land of My People

January 26, 2016 |
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The town of Schotten is said to be the place of origin of both the Schott family and the Schott…

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