Ancestry

Mar 1814 min read

Our Pennsylvania Dutch Culture: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going

My love and passion for my Pennsylvania Dutch heritage extends deep and wide, much like my own family tree extends and roots in all...

Dec 7, 20232 min read

More Than Pennsylvania Dutch Sugar Cookies

When I was a child, my best friend and I walked to visit my grandmother nearly every day in the summertime. A widow, she lived alone in...

Nov 25, 20237 min read

A People of Equality and Integrity- The Pennsylvania Dutch

Recently, a friend and I were driving home from celebrating Erntfescht, the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch "Thanksgiving," with our...

Mar 27, 20239 min read

The "Witches" of Tyrol & the Ripple Effect the European "Witch Hunts" Had Upon Folk Healers

Growing up, I knew two things-- I was "German & Swiss", and I was "Pennsylvania Dutch." The former I learned from my mother, who told me...

Dec 25, 20223 min read

The Christmas Gift

Last year, I gifted my parents our family tree for Christmas. I spent a few months pouring myself over, and into, the project which...