tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post8633515212178214742..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Family StoriesJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-427115092684091852013-12-19T09:30:35.649-05:002013-12-19T09:30:35.649-05:00John, the title poem of my first poetry book, I Am...John, the title poem of my first poetry book, <i>I Am the Daughter</i>, starts:<br /><br />I am the daughter of the son of the daughter<br />of a woman whose name no one remembers<br /><br />There's a verse for each great-grandmother. <br /><br />I wish my granddaughters had more of a sense of who my mother was (a remarkable person, who came to America in 1906 and went to law school in 1921),Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-527626800481617622013-12-19T09:22:04.916-05:002013-12-19T09:22:04.916-05:00Modern family dynamics are already posing a challe...Modern family dynamics are already posing a challenge for future generations. In my other life as a genealogist I deal with many people who don't even know the names of grandparents, let alone have photos or stories.jrlindermuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09204855909246670628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-69233274428163110522013-12-19T08:13:27.664-05:002013-12-19T08:13:27.664-05:00I may have as many photos from the Irish side of m...I may have as many photos from the Irish side of my family (both grandparents emigrated in 1911) than my Yankee side, which goes back forever. As you said, when you left Ireland, it was usually forever, so those photos mattered. As for the other side, I think they simply weren't tech-minded (my mother used to tell a story about her father getting his fingers stuck in the beater of an Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com