Her grandmother's diaries sat there for 100 years. Nobody asked.

from Roots Renewed · host Tami Dee Garcia

Tamara Buzyna Adams always knew her grandmother's diaries were there. Five volumes. Over 100 years old. Written in Russian by an 11-year-old girl living on a steamship in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War.Nobody ever opened them. Nobody asked. Then COVID hit, her mother made a decision, and Tamara spent the next five years finding out what was inside.What she found changed everything. She tracked down descendants of people who were on the same ship and gave strangers the story of their own people.Her one tangible step for anyone who wants to start: digitize what you have before it is gone. Watch the full video episode on YouTube at tamigarcia.com or search for Roots Renewed.

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