Genealogist Laurice Johnson began writing letters in order to preserve family stories for future generations. Valley News/Rebecca Farnbach family collection photo
The Temecula Valley Historical Society invites the public to a free presentation by genealogist Laurice Johnson at the Little Temecula History Center at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29. Her presentation Letters to Lorelei gives practical advice on how to pass down family stories, especially to those family members who may not care about family artifacts, family tree diagrams, or files of genealogical data.Johnson says, "It was July of 2020. We were in lockdown....still. COVID-19 was raging across our nation and it occurred to me that as a brand new grandmother, I might not get the chance to tell our precious granddaughter all those stories that I had heard from MY grandmothers growing up. So I decided to write them down in a series of letters to her. The project grew and changed over time an
