Nancy Owen Nelson, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/nancyowennelson/ Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:39:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How Ancestral Research Can Lead to Memoir https://booksbywomen.org/how-ancestral-research-can-lead-to-memoir-by-nancy-owen-nelson/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-ancestral-research-can-lead-to-memoir-by-nancy-owen-nelson/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2017 07:49:07 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18596 In November, 2011, ten years and one month after the death of my mother, Nannie B Chandler Nelson at age ninety-six, I found myself eager to explore my ancestral roots through her blood line.  The challenge was more significant than me, I believe, than for a person who has visited with, and heard tales of […]

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