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Show FAMILY HISTORY/continued Sure, other toothpastes can claim they whiten. Steffi, told him abouther earlylife in the mining townofHastings, Colo. “When. she wasstill a child, she and herfamily movedback to Europe,to the townof Cunevo in whatwas then Austria and is nowItaly,” says Romano, 54, an accountant wholives in South Huntington, N. “In 1931, she moved back here to New York City. She learned English byr ing the comicsin the papers, and she's still here, at 90, living in New York.” To tracehis family history, Romano, madeuse of booksand the microfilmed records that the Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints maintainsin genealogy centers worldwide. “They are very helpful,” says Romano.“I wentin with minimalinformation,andI was ableto find copiesofthe actual churchrecords for one line of my family that wentall the waybackto the 1400s.” He puts much of whathe has found on his own Web site to share with others lookingfor family records.“It’s important to find a place in history,” says Romano. When you put the stories together. Studentinvolvementis a big part of the MyHistory project. Teachers at schools throughoutthe country are workingfain ily histories intotheir curricula. “Weare reconstructing the history of But we have the Seal fo prove it. our townto trace how national events i! fect communities and how community life affects familylife,” says Janice Dore a librarian at the Frontier Regional Schoo! in South Deerfield, Mass.“These stories are vitally important, because theytell us who weare and where we're going.” | Discover And Share Your Family Story The National Endowment tor the Humanities has developed a “toolbox of resources” to preserve your tamily’s place in history. You can download a Irce guidebook. post your Om Lael Ort eh a NS areca NB cet ana ae os ald PUTT Web. Printed sudebooks are available at libraries or by omnes eT CL CoC eM AOL Me Taran METS Le 4478include $3 tor postage OME CCS Seema LSC payable to “Superintendent of Documents.” A limited CT tan ae eae Cee nT PAGE © NOVEMBER 21, 1999 PARADE MAGAZINE |