Roots & Rabbit Holes

We're on Week 49 of 2024's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge and the topic is one of my favorites: "Handed Down." I have many family...

Week 37 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is “Tombstone.”   Childhood mortality was much higher in the past, but just because it...

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!...

Organized is the topic for week 43 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. “Organized” can mean someone who is organized, a way of...

This week – week 35 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge -- we get to go wild and write about whatever we want (Free Space!). I...

For week 30 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, we’re covering Teams. I chose to go with the literal interpretation and cover...

Popular Name is the theme for Week 24 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. One name crops up in my family over and over, and unfortunately for...

It’s week 16 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks and this week’s topic is Negatives. When my cousin scanned the Ladd and Turner family photos,...

I don’t know how the rest of you approach the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, but I wrote the list of weekly themes in the back of my...