Sharing ancestors, one person at a time. Genealogy and history.
Welp…I made it to week 4 and flopped! So, to catch up… Week 5 - Challenge Boy am I challenged to keep up the writing. I have been banging my head on two lines, Tucker and DeJean. I don’t know how long my stubbornness will last before I throw my hands in the air and … Continue reading Weeks 5 – 9 – Challenge and More
My father-in-law always tells me, the ancestors don’t matter; tell me where all the descendants are. He’s more of a forward thinker than a backward thinker. So, I was on the hunt to track down the descendants of Philip Batey. This, at first, seemed a daunting concept. I mean how many descendants are possible for … Continue reading Week 4 – Overlooked
As with many families, ours has its share of nicknames, though not one sticks out to me for the purpose of this article. It is possible that there are nicknames that are long forgotten. For example, future descendants who try to conduct genealogical research on my generation (or my parents) will never come across our … Continue reading Week 3 – Nicknames
I had written an entire article about Squire Batey, who rode in a goat-drawn cart. But I had already written about him and his unique photo in a 2020 52 Ancestors topic, Large – In life and in death. So at the last minute, I had to quickly draft a new post about some new … Continue reading Week 2 – Favorite Photo
Well, family, 2024 was not a very active blogging year for me. I struggled to find ancestors and stories to share with you. I guess on the one hand I feel like I have accomplished covering most of the ancestors who I have marked “complete” and developed a biography for each of them that could … Continue reading Week 1 – In the beginning
Our Many Pasts 