"I do ancestral work and feel connected to these ancestors in the spirit realm — but it cements the reality of that connection even more to see the houses that they lived in and the sites that they would have been familiar with. It makes me emotional, curious, and excited to continue connecting and learning about them. The research that you did allows so much more of their stories to come through. It's like the ancestors are speaking through us, through you, and through these photos. Sharing this information with my family has made a huge impact, and we are even using the information as we are planning an ancestral pilgrimage. Thank you for this incredible work... it is life-changing!"

"That was such a rich story that you put together. My mom has done genealogy and I've mostly just thought that it looks so boring, but nothing that you told me was boring. That was such a full and complex story with real people living real lives with real suffering and pain. And also, I think it's important to remember that they survived all of that. That we exist from resilient people, no matter what point that resiliency kicked in. "