Roots & Rabbit Holes

The topic for Week 24 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is “Last One Standing.” There’s always a last one standing in boxing!...

Week 23 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is So Many Descendants. One of my most prolific ancestors was my 3rd...

Week 22’s theme of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is At the Cemetery. Between at least one person in the house being sick for...

Week 21 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Brick Wall. Last year, I think I used my Free Space week to cover this topic, and...

It’s Week 20 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge and the topic is “Bearded.” Because few of my ancestors and relatives had beards,...

“Bald” is the topic for Week 19 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Most of the people in my family have been blessed with full...

Week 18 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Pets. My mother’s family had tons of pets growing up because my grandparents didn’t...

We’re now on Week 17 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, and the topic is DNA. My mostly WASPy (WASPish?) genealogy is relatively...

“Should be a Movie” is Week 16’s prompt for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. This is a tale about the American Revolution, and a...

For week 15 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, we’re covering Solitude. Imagine how isolating it would feel to relocate to a...

Week 14 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is "Begins with a Vowel." I’ll start right at the beginning of the alphabet with the...

Week 13’s theme for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is “Light a Candle.” My mother-in-law very kindly remembered my grandfather...

Sometimes when I’m building my tree, I’ll come across a well-documented line that goes back pretty far. In my excitement, I add the...

Back in 1909, my great-grandfather, Stanley Turner, was knocked out, robbed, garroted, and left for dead. Week 11’s theme of the 52...

The topic for week 10 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Translation, and there is a mountain of pictures, documents, and...

Week 9 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Gone Too Soon. My favorite census is the 1900 United States Census because of two...

The topic for Week 8 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is I Can Identify. My third great-grandfather, Charles Henry Turner, was...

The theme for Week 7 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Outcast. My husband, who is ethnically a Jew, said I should write...

It’s week 6 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, and this week’s topic is Social Media. People often have a love-hate relationship...

Oops is the theme for Week 5 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, and I have a story for you! It’s about two young pranksters who...