Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is no stranger to tragedy. Every November, the haunting ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordan Lightfoot can be heard across radio stations throughout the region, commemorating the tragic loss of 29 lives aboard the SS ..

I am incredibly fortunate that I have my dream job, working remotely as a Genealogical Researcher with the Boston-based New England Historical Genealogical Society (NEHGS), while living in my..