The writing prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Negatives, which can mean so many things in genealogy. For me, it brings to mind negative results and negative evidence, and any other relevant negatives. We always heard that my great-grandmother Mildred Burrell's first husband, Joseph William ...
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52 Ancestors, Week 15: How Do You Spell That?
It's time for another 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks post! Since this week’s topic is about spelling, I thought I would talk about the spelling variations for one of my lifelong research projects. I’ve been researching John Goodwin Hawksley and his sisters – Mary Hawksley, Sarah Brown Hawksley, and ...
52 Ancestors, Week 14: Check it Out
We're already 14 weeks into 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, and I'm late on this one because I was at ConStellation last weekend. Hooray for sci-fi/fantasy conventions and presenting a panel! But boo for catching up on everyday life again; it's certainly a chore. :) For my post, I'd like to talk about ...
52 Ancestors, Week 13: Sisters
This week's topic for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Sisters. Let's take a look at the relationship between my great-great grandmother, Ernesta Maddalena Pedemonte Bergamasco, and her sister, Angela Spiazzi. In the family history my great-grandmother and her sisters wrote about their parents, they ...
52 Ancestors, Week 12: Joined Together
Oh gosh, this week's topic gave me so many ideas, but making it genealogically relevant was hard! So I thought I would go for a how-to and why sort of post. Let's talk about merging duplicates on WikiTree! First of all, when I joined WikiTree, I wasn't entirely sure what I was getting into there. ...
52 Ancestors, Week 11: Flowers
The prompt for 52 Ancestors, Week 11 is Flowers, and I don't have any flower-centric family stories to share. I thought that, instead, I would talk about my Mayflower lines. When DNA testing revealed my maternal grandfather's paternity, I "lost" some Mayflower ancestors, but 56 lines remain. My ...