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…
War and Peace
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…
Dig A Little Deeper!
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…
Friends
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…
Travel
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…
Longevity
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…
Surprise
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…
Adversity
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…
Prosperity
Hello! I hope everyone had an enjoyable Labor Day weekend, and a good first week of September. This week, our topic is “Prosperity”. Thinking about this word, I think of two ancestors who came to North America. The first is Thomas Barber, whom I wrote about last week. He came from Bedfordshire, England, as a…
Tradesman
I hope everyone had a nice Labor Day Weekend. It was very hot here – still is. I had a yard sale with some friends of mine. The yard sale was a success, I’m happy to say. We had so much fun, we are going to do a smaller one in October. This week, our…