Welcome to the Family History Stories portal. Here you’ll find narrative accounts of our family’s history, drawn from letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. Each story connects to the people, places, and events that shaped our family across generations.

• Stories:Lorena McClure at Gowanda: A Lonely Journey — A mother’s letters from an institution.
• Stories:The Swifts in the 1920s: Building a Family — Hard work and love in difficult times.
• Stories:Patricia Jean Swift: A Childhood Remembered — Memories of growing up in Buffalo.

• Lorena McClure
• Fannie Swift
• Patricia Jean Swift
• Diane Swift

• Gowanda State Hospital
• The Great Depression
• Teaching and Education
• Church Life

Below is a list of all narrative stories currently published in this category: <categorytree mode=pages>Stories</categorytree> or: <DynamicPageList> category = Stories order = descending </DynamicPageList>