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My Grandpa, Jake Pasternack was a young man living in a shetetl
( Jewish town) in the Ukraine area which was part of Russia in the early 1900's. He was sent a notice that he would have to serve in the Czar's army; and at that time if you were…

I was born in Nebraska. My parents were children of immigrants from Poland and Ireland. I grew up in an ethnic neighborhood in Omaha, which is now another ethnic neighborhood of Latino and Asian immigrants.

I joined the Sisters of Mercy in 1953…

From the earliest I can remember my family has lived/moved to many different states in America. This constant traveling had a lot to do with my fathers career that is intertwined with the government. I was born in Nevada where we lived 6 short…

In the early 1700s, my family emigrated from Germany and Switzerland to America in attempts to escape religious persecution. They were a part of specific religious groups that had separated from the Catholic church in order to practice their own…

I was a child on my first visit to the Smithsonian Castle. What I remember is seeing "OWNEY" the postal service dog and the First Ladies Ball Gowns. About 35 years ago I moved from Clifton, NJ to Rockville, MD.
I take advantage of having DC and the…

My grandparents came from the Alace-Lorraine area of France and Germany in the late 1800"s. My grandfather was in the milk industry and moved from NJ to Bordon's headquarters in NY city. All my 3 uncles were involved in the milk industry. I would…

My great, great grandfather owned a tobacco plantation in Greensboro, NC. Lightning struck the tobacco during a bad storm and all the tobacco burned down. Back in those days they lived on credit and you paid all your creditors after the harvest. So…

There are no mistakes; Creator’s hand is in everything. That two women with very different backgrounds but both indigenous, one from the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the other half Mayan and Mexican would come together to tell the story of the last…

The Journey Stories Exhibition at the Hazlehurst Depot Museum was a life experience for me. Through my job at the Copiah County Office of Cultural Affairs I was put on loan to the museum for the exhibition. I work through the Senior Aids Program from…

JOURNEY STORIES
Jo Ann Farnsworth
Jan. 28, 2010

My father, Donovan Stephens, was a newly hired brakeman on the Union Pacific Railroad. He was working in Nampa right after I was born. I was a colicky baby and was wearing my mother, Geneva…