The topic for week 46 is “This Ancestor Went to Market”. I come from a long line of farmers and farm workers. All my grandparents ended up in the same community where the land is called the mucklands. It is excellent land for growing onions and potatoes. Other crops are hay, corn, and cabbage. My…

This week’s blog topic is “War and Peace”.  I’m writing this a week after Veterans Day. War has been a present topic my entire life, and even before that. I, like many of us, have ancestors who came here before the American Revolution and others who have served in other conflicts. I thought I would…

I love the topic for week 43, “Dig a Little Deeper”.  Ads for online family history sites often make it look easy to find answers about our ancestors. Often, it takes a little more investigation. My Barber line is well-documented as my ancestors came over in 1637. My Tompkins line, not so easy. I’ve written…

Hello! This blog is a little later being published. I traveled to Cleveland with a friend to attend the Eagles/Steve Miller Band concert on October 17th.  It’s timely considering this week’s topic. The friend I traveled with is like a sister to me. We’ve known each other since we attended college together and had the…

Our week 41 topic is “Travel”. I love to travel – I have one coming up to Australia and New Zealand. I am looking forward to it. It was supposed to happen in 2020, but well, we know how that year rolled out. I love to look through old newspapers. They are a treasure trove…

I’m a couple weeks late writing this blog about Longevity. I am feeling much better and just returned from a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, to see the Eagles on their Long Goodbye tour. It’s the third time I’ve seen the band. I was not disappointed. 52 years- that is some musical longevity! I also went…

Well, I’m a bit behind on my weekly blogs. The topic for Week 39 is “Surprise”! The surprise I received was getting Covid mid-September (right around my birthday).  Not the surprise I was looking for. I’m on the mend and feeling much better!l Often, as we genealogists do research, we do have surprises. Sometimes we…

Our #52Ancestors Challenge topic for this week is Adversity. The weather has been so pleasant here that I found it a little hard for me to focus on the topic! It’s not hard to find examples of adversity our ancestors encountered, whether before they immigrated, during, or after. There was adversity for those who already…

As I write this week’s blog, I’m still in full preparation mode for the sale next weekend. It’s amazing how many things have accumulated over the 25 years I’ve lived in my home. This week’s topic is “Disaster This topic posed a bit of a challenge for me as I don’t know of any global…

Well, summer is winding down quickly this year!  My own “summer of fun” continued over the last few days as I spent time by a lake south of Buffalo. I always look across the water at Canada, where some of my ancestors were born, lived, and worked. I came back home today, refreshed and far…