Archive - ancestory

Mining for Stories Among Family Legends and Artifacts

A chat with Lisa Maguire, of ancestory

Published on Aimee Liu's MFA Lore • Jan 17

Vegetable Ragù

When she was first married, my grandmother used to cook something for my grandfather called finnan haddie. I heard of this in Peggy Lee's "My Heart…

Published on Desperation Casserole • Jan 14

December 2024

Diamond Harbor 1877: Lost Anchors

When Quebec City was Irish

Dec 20, 2024 •

November 2024

Montreal 1916: Conor Maguire's War

Not with this wind blowing, and this tide

Nov 8, 2024 •

October 2024

Montreal 1894: Cast Metal Type

A story of two brothers

Oct 24, 2024 •

September 2024

Saint-Henri 1961: House Calls

Visits to a vanished world

Sep 15, 2024 •

August 2024

Montreal 1878: Boyne's Red Shore

Who is entitled to public spaces?

Aug 29, 2024 •

June 2024

Longue-Pointe 1921: Pure Dreams of Solitary Birds

Sometimes the locked doors in the house of your family history can lead to glorious hidden gardens.

Jun 1, 2024 •

May 2024

Griffintown 1861: Molten Metal

A life retold from a single sentence

May 8, 2024 •

March 2024

A Saint Patrick's Day Queen

Memory takes its own pictures

Mar 15, 2024 •

February 2024

New York 1953: Take Me To The Circus

Feb 25, 2024 •

January 2024

Montreal 1936: October's Child

The story of Patrick, Edna, and Jane

Jan 1, 2024 •

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