There are lots of possible criteria for choosing which ancestor I’d like to have dinner with – my first thought was my brick wall great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Hockman. However, I’ve written several times about the obstacles I run into …
When I saw that the third theme for the 52 Ancestors challenge is longevity, I immediately thought of my grandpa Lyle who lived to the day before his 101st birthday. However, before I started to write about him I decided …
William Eberle Thompson (1835-1940) – 52 Ancestors #3 Read more »
All of my family photos are my favorite! I have a difficult time saying anything is my favorite, to the exclusion of any other in the category, however here is one of my favorite family pictures. This is Nechame Dvorah …
One of My Favorite Family Photos – 52 Ancestors #2 Read more »
I am combining the first prompt for the 2018 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge with the Thomas MacEntee prompt in his Genealogy Do-Over challenge to interview yourself as a way to start at the beginning. As the old joke …
When I thought about our visit to Texas as a genealogy trip, there were several things I wanted to learn. Although my cousins and their parents, and my grandparents for the last parts of their lives, had lived in Texas …