Tag Archives: Rootsweb

RootsWeb Has List of Old Names For Diseases

Sometimes, your genealogy research can lead you directly into a mystery. You finally found the death certificate for your ancestor. Or, you located a newspaper clipping that shows the obituary of your ancestor. You can read what disease your ancestor died from, but don’t have a clue what that disease actually was. How can you learn more? RootsWeb has an excellent list of the old names for diseases. You’ve been keeping track of the health issues of your ancestors, in order to put together a medical form of your family tree. The problem is that your ancestor died from a … Continue reading →

Forgiving Your Narcissistic Parent

When I work with a client who is struggling to deal with the pain and the devastation caused by being raised by a narcissist, I never include as part of the agenda of therapy the idea of forgiving their parent. This is because, when a client approaches me for help, they are so distressed in trying to make head or tail of what their relationship with their parent has become, that they are in no position to do anything other than to try to make sense of the relationship as best they can. In many situations, the narcissistic parent has … Continue reading →