Several years ago, while attending the Sacramento Archive Crawl, I stopped at a table hosted by archivists from Sacramento City College, the college my father attended when he first immigrated to the United States. After learning more from the archivist, I was excited to hear that the college had school yearbooks. I made plans toContinue reading “Snapshots in Time: Finding My Father in a College Yearbook”
Category Archives: My Palestinian Family
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Week 3: Namesake
Greetings, marhaba & welcome! I am back with week three of Amy Johnson Crow challenge #52Ancestors. 2021 Week 3 Prompt: Namesake My name, Reem, means deer or gazelle in Arabic. It is well known in Arabic literature and poetry, often used to describe beauty and grace. The prominent Egyptian poet, Ahmed Shawqi (1870-1932), startedContinue reading “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Week 3: Namesake”
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Week 1: Beginnings
Greetings, marhaba & welcome! I have decided to try a blog challenge to add to my weekly blog posts. It is called 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (#52Ancestors). The challenge comes from Amy Johnson Crow and it is a weekly prompt to encourage writing up and sharing genealogy research. Each Monday, she emails a promptContinue reading “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Week 1: Beginnings”