There are two stories that come to mind with regard to the theme of “naughty” for this week and my great-grandmother, Mary M. Denman.  Either might have been cause to find coal in her stocking at Christmas. Mary L. Minor …

Mary Minor Denman (1868-1930) – 52 Ancestors # 50 Naughty Read more »

There are many reasons we travel and our ancestors traveled.  I have traveled for work, for pleasure (vacation) and for other pleasure (genealogy research).  And of course I have moved my residence a number of times over the years, some …

Great-grandpa F.A. Traveled West – 52 Ancestors #28 Travel Read more »

Since Sunday June 17th is designated as Father’s Day in the U.S. I will focus on Lyle M. Denman, my maternal grandfather.   I have written about my paternal grandfather previously, and although I have written a number of times about …

Lyle Minor Denman (1896-1997) – 52 Ancestors # 24 Father’s Day Read more »

Having figured out how to get my RootsMagic program to generate lists of different things, I now know what life events (birth, marriage, death) occurred in my families on Valentine’s Day (February 14).  Even before running this list I remembered …

A Family Event on February 14, Valentine’s Day – 52 Ancestors # 7 Read more »