About

In May 2009 I graduated with from Loyola University, Chicago with a Masters degree in Public History. This website is inspired by the observations made in my Master's Essay, Is Family History Public History? 

If family history is indeed public history, then I can see no better way to demonstrate this than to create a public history website devoted to my own family history? My purpose is trifold: First, to serve as a practical application of my graduate school education; second, as a place for my on-going work of remembering and preserving my family's history; and thirdly, as a means to show how family history can be practically presented as public history. 

Most of the entries on this site are rooted in historical fact, yet where there was no information to be found, I have taken historic and artistic liberties. It is my pleasure to share with you my research, challenges and discoveries; the stories that emerged from the pages of history.