Sue Lisk

Freelance Writer

United States

I am a freelance writer and a communications professional employed by AFP. I enjoy discovering and sharing unusual connections and angles through my writing.

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History Magazine

10/16/2023

Sir William Logan: A Man Who Rocked

History Magazine

10/16/2023

Weathervanes

Internet Genealogy

08/14/2023

In Tribute: Paths of Remembrance

Internet Genealogy

08/14/2023

In Their Words: "Memoirs" and Autobiographies

Internet Genealogy

06/14/2023

Like Shooting Fish In a Barrel: Formulating Research Questions

Internet Genealogy

06/14/2023

Within A Legal Framework: The Law and Our Ancestors

History Magazine

05/30/2023

Hardeen: Heir to Secrets and Illusions

History Magazine

05/30/2023

Cuckoo Clocks

Internet Genealogy

04/12/2023

Beyond the "Goldilocks Zone": Strategies for Seekers

Internet Genealogy

04/12/2023

Like Pulling Teeth: Dentistry and Our Ancestors

Internet Genealogy

02/17/2023

Pound Masters, Hog Reeves and Other Common Positions

Internet Genealogy

02/17/2023

In Their Neck of The Woods: Exploring Local Histories Online

Internet Genealogy

12/10/2022

As the World Turned to Buffalo: The Pan-American Exposition of 1901

Internet Genealogy

12/10/2022

Remedies and Cures of Yesteryear

Internet Genealogy

10/14/2022

Starting with Stone Soup: Ideas for Crafting Your Ancestor's Story

Internet Genealogy

10/14/2022

Tall Tales and Legends

Internet Genealogy

08/16/2022

Pondering Puzzles

Internet Genealogy

08/16/2022

More Than the Same Old Song and Dance

Internet Genealogy

06/07/2022

From You to Me and Back

Internet Genealogy

06/07/2022

Logging and Our Ancestors

Internet Genealogy

04/09/2022

The Women's Institute and the "Tweedsmuirs"

Internet Genealogy

04/09/2022

Hidden in Plain Sight

Internet Genealogy

02/07/2022

Focus: Viewing Photos from Multiple Angles

Internet Genealogy

02/07/2022

Courting in Days Gone By

Internet Genealogy

12/06/2021

The Winter of Their Discomfort: Coping with the Cold

Internet Genealogy

12/06/2021

Death by Waterpik, or In Search of the Cause of Your Ancestor's Passing

Internet Genealogy

10/14/2021

Down on the Farm, Back to Our Roots

Internet Genealogy

10/14/2021

Cats and Ladders: Ancestral Superstitions

Your Genealogy Today

10/06/2021

Piecing Together the Puzzles of Personality

Your Genealogy Today

10/06/2021

Tell Me a Story: Sharing Your Family History Aloud

Internet Genealogy

08/09/2021

Beneath the Surface: Mining Ancestors

Internet Genealogy

08/09/2021

Stranger Than Fiction: Bathing Machines

Your Genealogy Today

07/14/2021

In Memoriam

Your Genealogy Today

07/14/2021

Drawing Them In

Internet Genealogy

06/11/2021

The Stories of General Stores

Internet Genealogy

06/11/2021

A Web of Oral History

Your Genealogy Today

05/12/2021

Tracing Paths of Divorce

Your Genealogy Today

05/12/2021

When One is Enough

Internet Genealogy

04/13/2021

Pulling Away from the Web

Internet Genealogy

04/13/2021

School Days

Your Genealogy Today

03/09/2021

Bounty of the Sea: The Gift of Hidden Treasures

Your Genealogy Today

03/09/2021

Remembrance of Things Past

Internet Genealogy

02/08/2021

Looking Back at the WPA

Internet Genealogy

02/08/2021

Paging Through the Past: Mail-Order Catalogues

Your Genealogy Today

01/11/2021

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Internet Genealogy

12/11/2020

Mulling Over Mills

Internet Genealogy

12/11/2020

Ancestral Journeys

Your Genealogy Today

11/17/2020

The Importance of Being Frank If You Can't Be Earnest

Internet Genealogy

10/13/2020

Hats Off To Hats!

Internet Genealogy

10/13/2020

The Bees That Wouldn't Sting

Your Genealogy Today

09/10/2020

More Than Words: Toward Better Listening

Internet Genealogy

08/06/2020

Wanted: Black Sheep or Jailbirds

Internet Genealogy

08/06/2020

Speakeasies and Our Ancestors' Entertainment

Your Genealogy Today

07/03/2020

The Road Less Travelled: Starting at Home

Your Genealogy Today

07/03/2020

Don't Skip Towns!

Internet Genealogy

06/15/2020

Remembering the Forgotten: The Stories of British Home Children

Internet Genealogy

06/15/2020

In Search of a Cure: Sanatoriums and Our Ancestors

Internet Genealogy

03/23/2020

Chautauqua Days

Internet Genealogy

03/23/2020

Making Sense of the U.S. Federal Censuses: 1790-1840

Your Genealogy Today

02/22/2020

Fun and Games: Our Ancestors at Play

Your Genealogy Today

02/22/2020

What We Wish For: Coming to Terms with Our Ancestors

Internet Genealogy

01/24/2020

The Simple Grace of Everyday Objects

Internet Genealogy

01/24/2020

Our Ancestors' Agricultural Fairs

Your Genealogy Today

12/28/2019

Romance in the Air

Your Genealogy Today

12/28/2019

For the Birds: Capturing Stories in Flight

Internet Genealogy

11/21/2019

More Than a Matter of Trust: Evaluating Website Reliability

Your Genealogy Today

10/17/2019

The Value of Spilt Milk: Handling Errors in Research

Your Genealogy Today

10/17/2019

Imperfect Reflections: Visualizing Your Ancestors

Internet Genealogy

09/23/2019

Our Ancestors at Sea

Internet Genealogy

09/23/2019

Plain and Simple: Toward Better Use of Ancestry.com

Your Genealogy Today

08/22/2019

When Memories Linger

Your Genealogy Today

08/22/2019

Quips, Passions and Quirks

Internet Genealogy

07/25/2019

The Joys of Clutter

Internet Genealogy

07/25/2019

When Life Was a Picnic

Your Genealogy Today

06/21/2019

The Power of Pianissimo

Internet Genealogy

05/28/2019

Tea, Anyone?

Internet Genealogy

05/28/2019

Finding the Perfect Fit: Genealogy Blogs to Suit Your Fancy

Your Genealogy Today

04/23/2019

Home By Another Way: Mind Maps Revisited

Your Genealogy Today

04/23/2019

The Stories Only You Can Tell

Internet Genealogy

03/21/2019

Ancestral Ferry Tales

Internet Genealogy

03/21/2019

Discoveries Between the Cracks

Your Genealogy Today

02/26/2019

Threads of Connection: A Guided Search

Your Genealogy Today

02/26/2019

The Problem of Half-Truths: White Lies and Genealogy

Internet Genealogy

01/29/2019

Dear Diary

Internet Genealogy

01/29/2019

Bay Watch

Your Genealogy Today

12/24/2018

Contours in the Clouds

Your Genealogy Today

12/24/2018

Frozen: Coping with Research Paralysis

Internet Genealogy

11/26/2018

Asylums and Family History Research

Internet Genealogy

11/26/2018

New York State of Mind

Your Genealogy Today

10/24/2018

Beyond Serendipity: Off the Beaten Path

Internet Genealogy

09/26/2018

More Than Their Two Cents

Internet Genealogy

09/26/2018

Trading In an Old Name: Occupations of Yesteryear

Your Genealogy Today

08/27/2018

Helicopter Genealogy

Your Genealogy Today

08/27/2018

Shades of Gray

Internet Genealogy

07/19/2018

Weather Report

Internet Genealogy

07/19/2018

Inside Jokes: Perusing Cartoons of the Past

Your Genealogy Today

06/21/2018

In Other Words: A Question of Translation

Your Genealogy Today

06/21/2018

Genealogy on the Rocks

Internet Genealogy

05/22/2018

Topsy-Turvy To-Dos

Internet Genealogy

05/22/2018

Inklings, Hunches, and Sneaking Suspicions

Your Genealogy Today

04/18/2018

The Ins and Outs of Dragon Hunting

Your Genealogy Today

04/18/2018

Stairways to Heaven: Searching for That Old Time Religion

Internet Genealogy

03/20/2018

Getting to Way Back When: A Conversation

Internet Genealogy

03/20/2018

When the Shoe Fits

Your Genealogy Today

02/21/2018

Family History With All the Trimmings

Your Genealogy Today

02/21/2018

Hints from Houdini

Internet Genealogy

01/30/2018

At Your Service: The Generous Genealogist

Your Genealogy Today

12/26/2017

Don't Hold Your Breath: Handling Hiccups in Your Research

Internet Genealogy

11/28/2017

On the Scenic Route

Your Genealogy Today

10/30/2017

Perfect Pitch

History Magazine

09/26/2017

Chapbooks

Internet Genealogy

09/26/2017

Always an Apprentice!

Your Genealogy Today

08/28/2017

The Name of a Rose

Internet Genealogy

07/30/2017

Through the Night Gates: Portals to the Past

Your Genealogy Today

06/20/2017

Silhouettes of Silence: In Search of Imperfection

Internet Genealogy

05/30/2017

Better Charm Than Incantation

Internet Genealogy

03/27/2017

Forbidden Fruit

Your Genealogy Today

02/27/2017

The Forgotten Fingerprints of Green Thumbs

Internet Genealogy

01/26/2017

Circus Searches

Your Genealogy Today

12/22/2016

A Far Piece from Brigadoon

Internet Genealogy

11/29/2016

Finding Family at fultonhistory.com

Your Genealogy Today

06/28/2016

Double Take: A Mystery in Black and White

Internet Genealogy

05/26/2016

Victorian "Cool": What Was "In" and How to Find Out

Your Genealogy Today

10/27/2015

Don't Give Up On Ghosts

The Equity

10/14/2015

Trains of Thought

Your Genealogy Today

08/25/2015

Between the Headlines: Sensational Snippets and Scoops

The Equity

02/25/2015

The Wayback Machine: Close Encounters with Another Time

The Equity

01/07/2015

Requiem for a Schoolhouse

The Equity

11/12/2014

The Rocks That Wouldn't Roll

The Equity

10/22/2014

Bear Country

The Equity

09/03/2014

The Cookstove Connection