33 thoughts on “52 Ancestors Challenge 2015: Week 24 Recap”

1. Wendy June 19, 2015 at 7:53 am

   An heirloom-to-be

   http://jollettetc.blogspot.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-rock-on.html

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2. Kerryn Taylor June 19, 2015 at 8:07 am

   A fancy dress made by my maternal grandmother.
   http://ancestorchaser.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/52-ancestors-week-24-heirloom.html

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3. Karen June 19, 2015 at 8:26 am

   It’s about money as a heirloom. Once we were rich … Or not?

   http://vorfahrensucher.de/als-alle-reich-waren/

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4. Elizabeth Handler June 19, 2015 at 8:41 am

   I am lucky to have many heirlooms. Here is one of the more unusual ones that had belonged to my second great grandmother, Marion Helen (ALSTON) LYSLE:

   http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/2015/06/heirlooms-from-marion-alston-d-1885-52.html

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5. Lynda June 19, 2015 at 9:51 am

   An anniversary gift that has been handed down.

   http://timelinesandstories.blogspot.com/2015/06/amy-johnson-crow-at-no-story-too-small.html

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6. kessara June 19, 2015 at 9:55 am

   A wedding gift, a spinning wheel and a soldier’s trunk….

   https://kessgen.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/52-ancestors-2015-24-heirlooms/

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7. Joanne Barnard June 19, 2015 at 10:04 am

   DNA led me to discover a fellow quilter amidst my ancestors. How I wish I had one of my 4X great grandmother Margaret Vought’s quilts!
   http://victoriajosfamilystories.blogspot.ca/2015/06/margaret-vought-c-1785-1860-52.html

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8. Dawn Marie Meehan June 19, 2015 at 10:12 am

   A wedding dress

   EMMINGER, Vera
   LEYH, Edward

   https://dawnsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/52-week-challenge-week-24-heirloom-vera-emminger-1925-2008-and-edward-leyh-1923-2008/

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9. Cheryl Biermann Hartley June 19, 2015 at 10:37 am

   LINDNER

   My great, great-grandfather was a joiner by trade, but he made art as a hobby. An odd postage stamp collection tells part of his story.

   http://wp.me/p4ioO6-eo

   Emil Heinrich Max Lindner (the elder) – The Stamp Collection

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10. Sue June 19, 2015 at 11:10 am

    For this week’s challenge of Heirloom I wrote about a rocking chair that belonged to my great-great-grandmother!

    http://suesresearch.blogspot.com/2015/06/heirloom-from-elizabeth-smyth-murphy-my.html

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11. Celia Lewis June 19, 2015 at 11:11 am

    A fascinating heirloom which I’m also inventorying [is that a word-?] on another separate blog. My great-grandfather’s souvenir album: TERWILLIGER SOUVENIR ALBUM

    http://twigsandtrees.blogspot.ca/2015/06/52-ancestors-52-themes-no-24-heirloom.html

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12. Beth Gatlin June 19, 2015 at 11:31 am

    Week 24 “Heirloom”: Andrew T. Anderson’s Chairs
    http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-week-24-heirloom-andrew-t.html

    My great-great-grandfather made a set of six chairs for his children. My parents have one of the chairs, and my second cousin once removed has two of them.

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13. Mary June 19, 2015 at 11:35 am

    HANNAH–#62–Heirlooms–Things that I Value from the Past
    Furniture, books and a lacross stick

    http://ancestorsiwishiknew.blogspot.com/2015/06/62.html

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14. robertajestes June 19, 2015 at 11:59 am

    VANNOY – Elijah Vannoy (1813-1850s), Homesteader on Mulberry Creek (In Claiborne, now Hancock County, TN)

    http://dna-explained.com/2015/06/14/elijah-vannoy-1813-1850s-homesteader-on-mulberry-creek-52-ancestors-76/

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15. Cathy Meder-Dempsey June 19, 2015 at 12:38 pm

    I really enjoyed the posts I’ve read so far this week on heirlooms. I have other heirlooms which need to be catalogued and written about but the one I featured this week is full of history. So much more than I realized. I had to break my post up into two parts, first the heirloom and second the family.

    52 Ancestors: #24 The Heirloom: 1866 Military Accounts Book (Part I)

    52 Ancestors: #24 The Heirloom: The FOURNELLE-SCHLOESSER Family (Part II)

    by Cathy Meder-Dempsey at Opening Doors in Brick Walls

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16. pen4hire June 19, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    KASER, Cornelius

    I have so many heirlooms that I didn’t know where to start. So I didn’t. I provided links to previous articles about some heirlooms and then told the story of a hard working farmer who was done in by a cherry tree.

    http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-24-cornelius-kaser-a-life-cut-short/

    For good measure, my food post this week uses a family heirloom. Can anyone give me more information on this glass bowl?

    http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2015/06/apple-pie-flavored-applesauce/

    I’m looking forward to browsing through other people’s heirloom collections.

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17. Susan M. Buckner June 19, 2015 at 2:58 pm

    My Week 24 post: https://themixthatmakesupme.wordpress.com/2015/06/13/heirlooms-a-rose-is-a-rose-is-a-rose-52-ancestors-no-24/ .

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18. Schalene J. Dagutis June 19, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    I decided memories of my terrific family were my dearest possessions — all made possible by my parents.

    Memories Are My Favorite Heirlooms
    Charles Theodore and Dorothy Ailein (LANGE) JENNINGS
    http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-24-memories-are-my.html

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19. Claudia Boorman June 19, 2015 at 4:12 pm

    THOMAS, Ivor John – Terry’s maternal grandfather worked for Standard Oil in Shanghai where he purchased two large embossed Chinese mirrors on wooden stands. One of them now sits proudly on our living room hearth, a treasured family heirloom.

    http://boormanfamily.weebly.com/blog/heirloom-of-ivor-john-thomas-1871-1946-24-52-ancestors

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20. Denise Murphy June 19, 2015 at 8:20 pm

    Anna B. Church – no. 40 (week 24) – she kept her 4 leaf clovers safe in her Bible
    http://denise-livinginthepast.blogspot.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-no-40-anna-b-church-week-24.html

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21. Wendy Negley June 20, 2015 at 12:20 am

    William Frederick Lane because I discovered him through heirlooms!

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22. Maureen June 20, 2015 at 9:21 am

    My Dad’s ceramic horses
    http://martinewsancestors.blogspot.com/2015/06/52ancestors-week-24-heirloom.html

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23. Pam Carter June 20, 2015 at 11:01 am

    I chose to not follow the theme this week as I have already blogged about my heirlooms. Linked below are an heirloom post and my post #24 for this year.
    CARTER, Augustus M. http://mymaineancestry.blogspot.com/2012/04/workday-wednesday-surveying-past.html
    PENDLETON, Brian #24 http://mymaineancestry.blogspot.com/2015/06/laying-down-law.html

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24. patriciarohn June 21, 2015 at 10:22 am

    My Dad’s arrowheads.
    https://patriciarohn.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/week-24-dads-arrowheads/

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25. oldbonesgenealogy June 21, 2015 at 4:01 pm

    FURLANI – 52 Ancestors 2015 Edition: #24 A Sentimental Heirloom by Eileen Souza at Old Bones Genealogy

    I found this card in the box of photos that my sisters and I inherited from our parents. This is a Valentine’s card that my mother, Marguerite “Mickey” Noble Furlani, sent to my father, William Condy Furlani, for Valentine’s Day 1945.

    http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/52-ancestors-2015-edition-24-a-sentimental-heirloom/

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26. putnamsisters June 22, 2015 at 1:52 am

    FRANCIS, George Washington and his wife Clementine received a sterling silver engraved cup for their 50th wedding anniversary in 1910.
    https://putnamsisters.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/52-ancestors-heirloom-george-washington-francis/

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27. melrootsnwrites June 22, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    I wish I had my Portuguese Hawaiian ancestors’ bango ID tag. http://www.researchjournal.yourislandroutes.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-week-23-i-wish-i-had-their-bango/

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28. Jessica Carlson June 22, 2015 at 6:38 pm

    Claud Randle CARRICO (1896-1973)

    http://carlsonandcarricofamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-week-24-claude-randle.html

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29. akellmurr72 June 23, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    My maternal grandmother Mary Bryant Harrison Horton’s China. Here’s the link: http://www.howdidigetheremyamazinggenealogyjourney.com/2015/06/52-ancestors-2015-edition-24.html

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30. Patti Di Loreto June 25, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    LESLEY, ANDREWS, LYONS – focus on the cradle my great great grandfather, Stuard Francis Lesley built for his children. Now serving a 6th generation of babies in my family. My Pinterest board address here:

    https://www.pinterest.com/pattidi/52-ancestors-on-pinterest/

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31. Pamela Whitaker June 25, 2015 at 5:37 pm

    This was for Fathers Day and I thought I sent it earlier. It was week 25…..
    http://pisces49.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-fathers-day-post-4-in-52-ancestors-in.html
    I’ve had difficulty writing weekly but I try to write when I can. Maybe I’ll get all 52 in the next five years! LOL

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32. Judy Everett Ramos July 15, 2015 at 7:55 pm

    EVERETT family heirloom is the name John. It’s crazy how many of my relatives are named John, Jack, or the Spanish version, Juan. I’ve lost count.
    http://www.examiner.com/article/ancestor-24-everett-family-heirloom-is-the-name-john

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33. Diane Tourville October 31, 2015 at 9:19 am

    I’m cheating a little: two for the price of one

    My post for “this” week:

    In English: http://www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wp/?p=1435
    In French: http://www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wpfr/?p=1199

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