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There are so many possibilities for the topic of uncertain. Uncertain about evidence I am uncertain about some connections I’ve made when a lack of evidence is available. But this has taught me to seek new methods and use analytical skills to put together indirect evidence, and sometimes negative evidence. Yet, even when I think … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Uncertain
I once lived in Arizona, not far from Tombstone (relatively). But I’m not going to write about that. I feel I must begin with what I think of when I hear “tombstone.” I consider tombstones to be a slab of stone over a tomb or sealing a tomb; headstones as the marker placed at the head … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Tombstone
I have fallen back into the bad habit of missing some weeks. I had Service all queued up and ready to go on time...then I found out Ancestry had opened up international records for the month of May and just like that, I was distracted (I had a laundry list of foreign records I wanted … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Service
I consider many of my maternal ancestors as nearly forgotten. The fact of the matter is, we live in a patriarchal society. That seems to infuriate some women. Despite their best efforts, however, genealogy is still predominantly about researching our [insert surname] ancestors. This means, we research the father’s of the father’s to track that … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Nearly Forgotten
So I missed three weeks, and am writing for a fourth. Prosperity Our most prosperous ancestor to date would be found on the Aleck side of our family. The Alecks, Gages, and DeJeans did well in the face of adversity. They didn’t become any Rockefeller’s, wouldn’t that be nice? But they became affluential in their … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Will I Ever Catch Up?
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