Genealogy

Genealogy allows us to trace what the archive has overlooked. For communities whose stories have been silenced, fragmented, or distorted, family history becomes a path toward recovery. It helps us reconnect names, places, and lives that official records may have reduced to data or left out entirely.

Genealogy is a tool that enables us to restore stories erased by time, bias, or omission, and in doing so, we acknowledge and reaffirm that every life has a place in history.

For communities whose histories have been fragmented or erased, tracing family lines becomes a way to reconnect and to rebuild what was broken by silence. It offers not only names and dates, but glimpses into migration, labor, memory, and resilience. Genealogy reminds us that even when the archive is quiet, the story continues through those who choose to search, ask, and remember.

For example, tracing a name found in a faded city directory might lead to census records, immigration documents, or a forgotten obituary—each piece revealing a life once reduced to a single line in the archive. Through these connections, we begin to rebuild the story that history left incomplete.

Each record we uncover, each connection we make, brings us closer to stories that were never meant to be lost. In doing this work, we honor the people who came before us and ensure that their histories are no longer hidden, but seen, heard, and remembered.