People sometimes ask me if it takes a long time to put together the weekly recap. It isn’t fast, but it would be a lot faster if the posts weren’t so good! I can’t help but stop and read them!

Paul’s story of searching for the sister he never knew is touching. Denise Lemon Knapp’s story sounds like daytime television: “Today on Maury: She Married Her Own Son-In-Law.” Deborah Holman teaches us some good lessons about reading quickly, citing sources, and maybe not always believing everything your father tells you about famous relatives. Schalene Dagutis shows that when it comes to murder, you can’t believe everything you read. Niki Davis shares why she doesn’t like to go to the basement during storm warnings in “How an F5 Twister Shaped a Man.”

My contribution this week: “An Enigma Wrapped With a Bow: Clara Mason Young,” the only great-grandparent I knew.

And now, on to the posts…

• ADAMS – “John Quincy Adams of Vermont, Illinois, and Iowa” by Karen on Ancestor Soup
• ALLEN – “Albert Silas Allen (1878-1952)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• ALLISON – “Errett Allison: Double Cousin” by Vera Marie Badertscher on Ancestors in Aprons
• ALTIZER – “Pvt. Emera V. Altizer, American Revolutionary Soldier” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• ARNOLD – “Andrew Jerome Arnold” on Chasing Dead Relatives
• ATKINSON – “An Accomplished Author [C3R]” (Mabel A. Sanford Atkinson) by Kale Liam Hobbes on Your Roots Are Showing!
• ASAY – “Elizabeth Asay Shinn” by Leah A. on Leah’s Family Tree
• ASHTON – “Evelyn Hope Ashton (1920-1993)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• ASKEW – “I Want Pancakes Aunt ‘Tis – Christine Askew Amos” by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• BAILEY – “Richard Howard Bailey (1853-1935) – Can Anyone Help Fill in the Blanks?” by Jo Allison Henn on Climbing My Family Tree
• BARBER – “Bio – Ida Mae Barber (1874-1953)” by D. Taylor on D. Taylor’s Genealogy
• BARLOW – “Sylvanus T. Barlow – Invalid’s Army Pension” by Leah on Genealogy in West Brookfield, MA
• BARNETT – “Barnett, Alifar Dollie (Brown) – 1867-1900 Oy Vey! What Has She Done to My Tree??” by custer2custer on A Tangled Trail
• BENTLEY – “The Bentley Family, Oswego to Elkhart” by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
• BERDAN – “Vina, Lina, Lavina Berdan Lucas” by Jackie Holloway on Voices of Yesterday
• BERSHAD – “#1 Redux – A Genealogical Goose Chase” (Sheldon Leonard Bershad) by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way
• BEAUVAIS – “Joseph Beauvais – Resident of Canada and of USA” by Yvonne Demoskoff on Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog
• BIANCHI – “Theresa Bianchi Concini” by Eileen A. Souza on Old Bones Genealogy
• BICKERSTAFF – “Cora Bickerstaff” by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
• BICKFORD – “Sarah Bickford” by Bill West on West in New England
• BOOTH – “Our Closet Mystic” (Ada Jane Booth) on Putnam Sisters
• BOOTH – “Deacon Joseph Booth” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• BOUDREAU – “Gerald Boudreau: The Man on the Mirror” by Karen Bruynell on Getting To Know You: A Journey Into Ancestry
• BOWERS – “Bowers” (Susannah Bowers and Silas Bowers) by Jenn Merry on Annals of Memory
• BRADFORD – “Catherine Bradford Barbee” by Cathy G. on Orlandel Creations
• BROWN – “Hermon Brown” by Linda Woodward Geiger on My Family Research
• BRUSH – “Baptist Robert Brush, My Irish Ancestor (Sort of)” by Wally Huskonen on Collecting Ancestors
• BRYAN – “Oliver Bryan (1851-1944)” by Karen Blackmore on Karen’s Genealogy Oasis
• BULLARD – “Thomas Bullard” by Susie Reynolds on Our Families and Their Untold Stories
• BURTON – “Alice Jane (Burton) Johnson (1848-1928)” by Jen Smart on Jen’s Genealogy Pages
• CARCAÑO – “José de León Correa Carcaño (1778? – 18??)” by Luis Rivera on Genealogy Under Construction
• CARLSSON – “Anna Christina Carlsson Carlson” by Bob and Debbie Biggs on Bob & Debbie’s Next BIGGS Adventure
• CLARK – “George Clark, Ohio Pioneer” by Shelley Ballenger Bishop on A Sense of Family
• CLARK – “William David Clark” by judysue on Little Bits of Roots & Branches
• COELHO – “Antonio Jose Coelho” on The Creola Genealogist
• CONNALLY – “Elizabeth Connally Fricks” by Myra Vanderpool Gormley on Shaking Family Trees
• CONNETT – “A Tale of Murder” (Vernon Andrew Connett) by  on Tangled Roots and Trees
• COON – “Coonrod S. Coon – Indiana Pioneer from Coon’s Fort Area, Marion County, West Virginia” by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard on Diggin’ Up Graves
• CORNELISON – “Laura Cornelison Potter Delp” by Lacey N. Frazier on Branches and Twigs Genealogy
• COX – “Joseph Littleton Cox” by Michelle on Ancestral Steps
• COYLE – “Michael Coyle: Proud to Be Irish” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
• DAHL – “Charles Wilhelm Dahl” by Vickie Chupurdia on Vintage Vickie
• D’ARCY – “Dee is for D’Arcy” by Simon on The Branches of My Tree
• DAWSON – “Jane Dawson” by Gail Pullyblank on Family History Etc.
• DEMPSEY – “Mary M. Dempsey abt. 1845-bet. 1880-1888” by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
• DEVON – “Catherine Whiteside Devon” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
• DONNELLY – “Edward Donnelly” by Joanne Clyde on Do You Know the Muffin Man?
• DORK – “Otto Carl Dork, My First American Dork” by Sally Knudsen on SallySearches
• DUPREY – “Eulalia Mary Duprey Senecal” by Denise Coughlin on Denise’s Genealogy Journey
• DWIGHT – “John Dwight” by Pam Carter on My Maine Ancestry
• EDENBOROUGH – “Alexandra Edenborough” by Jennie Fairs on Edenborough One Name Study
• EDINBURGH – “Duke of Edinburgh” by Jennie Fairs on Edenborough One Name Study
• EMLEN – “George Emlen” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• ENGLE – “William Barker Engle – The Other Bachelor Brother” by Jana Last on Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
• EXUM – “Cassie Exum Sherrod” by Minnie Becton on How Did I Get Here: From Africa to North Carolina
• FAGAN – “Sarah Fagan, a Witness to History in 104 Years of Life” by Judy Everett Ramos on Fort Worth Genealogy Examiner
• FARQUHAR – “Sarah A. Farquhar” by Donna Brown on DonnaB’s Weblog
• FERNALD – “James Fernald” by Celia Lewis on Twigs and Trees
• FINCH – “Edith & Martha Finch – Life in the Workhouse in England” by Brian on Ancestors at Rest
• GILL – “Edith Louisa Gill” by Candy Kammerman on Candy’s Family Maze
• GLOVER – “Walter Glover – Life Is Not a Soap Opera” on starryblackness
• GRANGER – “Frances Louisa Granger” by Michelle on Ancestral Steps
• GRANT – “The Remleys and Grants, Part 3” by Carol on Reflections From the Fence
• GRAVES – “Thurzy (Graves) Searl” by Tina Marie Chase on Random
• GREEN – “Alonzo Green, Cheese-making Entrepreneur” by Wally Huskonen on Collecting Ancestors
• GRÉJON – “Amélie Gréjon” by Marine S on Dans les branches [in French]
• HAIRSTON – “Hugh Brown Hairston – Is He My Great-Great-Great-Grandfather?” by Diana on Moments in Time
• HAMMOND – “William Hammond” by Caroll on Trace Your Genealogy
• HANNA – “Samuel Hanna (1882-?) (Loughguile, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland)” by Jo on Full Circle Family History Blog
• HATCH – “Don, Jason, Ira Stearns Hatch & a Tangle of Cousins” on thegenealogygirl
• HAZELTON – “Royal Harvey Hazelton” by Kathleen on Ancestry Search
• HENDERSON – “Helen Jean Henderson” by NikiMarie on My People in History
• HENTSCHEL – “Christina Hentschel Hübsch, From Prussia to America” by Denise Hibsch Richmond on Denise Digs Roots
• HILDRETH – “Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
• HODGES – “She Married Her Son-in-Law: Elizabeth Ann Hodges” by Denise Lemon Knapp on Roots and Branches
• HOLFORD – “Another Strong Female Ancestor Fanny Higginson Born 1769” (Fanny Holford Higginson) by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
• HOPKINS – “Eliza Hopkins” by Linda McCauley on Documenting the Details
• HOUSTON – “John Young Houston” by Juli D. Quinteros de Hernandez on Life in the Past Lane
• HUBBARD – “Elaine Hubbard (1916-1994)” by famfinder4 on The Stories Found Among the Leaves
• HUSSEY – “Christopher Hussey” by Pam Carter on My Maine Ancestry
• INGRAHAM/INGRAM – “Florence ‘Flossie’ (Ingraham/Ingram) Hurd” by Tina Marie Chase on Random
• JACKSON – “Hattie Jackson” by Diana Ritchie on Random Relatives
• JACKSON – “Palmira E. Jackson – South Carolina to Fayette County, Alabama” by Aymee Lubinski
• JACOBS – “Maggie Jacobs Perdue, Jacques Jacobs and Mary Ann Heisler” by Kassie Nelson on Across the Rolling Prairie
• JOLLETT – “Sallie Jollett Sampson” by Wendy on Jollett Etc.
• JUNKINS – “Margaret Junkins Is Not Getting the Love” by Cindy Freed on Genealogy Circle
• KERSE – “Celebrating 143 Years of St. Patrick’s Day Parades!” (Kerse family) by Helen Youngblood Holshouser on Heart of a Southern Woman
• KUKURE – “Kristīne Kukure” on Discovering Latvian Roots
• LATTIN – “Charles Lattin, Civil War Veteran” by Kathy Namaric on KJN Genealogy
• LeBOEUF – “James LeBoeuf (1825-183)” by Miles Meyer on Our Ancestories
• LeDANE – “James LeDane” by Cheryl Miller on Shaking Cheryl’s Family Tree
• LITTLE – “Joseph Knox Little” by Martha on Fascinated by the Dead
• LORD – “Mary Lord Carhart (Lord, Witchcraft in MY Family?)” on Notes From the Past
• LOVE – “Thomas Love” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
• MacDONALD – “Jane Ferrier MacDonald” by Kathy on Study by Night
• MARROM – “Joseph Samuel Marrom” by Candy Kammerman on Candy’s Family Maze
• MARTIN – “Is My Husband Also My Cousin?” (Bloomer Edward Martin) by on Past Times of a Native Texan by Debbie T. Hilliard
• MARTIN – “Captain Joseph Martin of Colonial Virginia” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• MASON – “An Enigma Wrapped With a Bow: Clara Mason Young” by Amy Johnson Crow on No Story Too Small
• McDONALD – “Flora Ann (McDonald) Murphy, Woolen Weaver” by The Down East Genealogist on Pine Trees and Pedigrees
• McKINLEY – “Fannie McKinley Mapplebeck” by Jacqueline Foster on My Journey Back
• McNAMARA – “Lizzie McNamara McGowan 1864-1919” by Beverly McGowan Norman
• McSWAIN – “Five Ancestors Ago – Nancy McSwain Allen” by Heather Jones on Chasing the Past
• MITCHELL – “Lionell Burris Mitchell – The Inventor of the Stooley” by MaeveM on From My Material Stash
• MITCHELL – “Margaret ‘Maggie’ Mitchell (1889-1976)” by Ian Hadden on Ian Hadden’s Family History
• MOORE – “Alice Moore” by Catherine Pendleton on The Pendleton Genealogy Post
• MOREAU – “2nd Great Grands = 2nd Cousins” (William Moreau) by Kale Liam Hobbes on Your Roots Are Showing!
• MORGAN – “Edward Morgan, the Tailor” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• MUNARZIK – “How Do You Spell That Name? Joseph Munarzik” by Mary on Ancestors I Wish I Knew
• MURPHY – “Maurice Murphy” by mvillhauer on Branching Out: My Family Tree
• MURPHY – “Thomas Joseph Murphy” by Barbara Murphy on My Family’s Branches and Twigs
• NALLEY – “Ophelia Nalley Ray” by Gwen Eads on Eads and Allied Families
• NELEN – “Alice Mabel Nelen” by Jessica Carlson on Carlson and Carrico Family History
• NICOLAUS – “I Have News on Elsie!” (Elsie Nicolaus) by Barbara Schmidt on Barbara Schmidt
• NIESSEN – “Sophia M. Niessen” by tonihime on Toni’s Journal
• OSBORNE – “Aaron Osborne” by Rhosyncoch on Stalking the Dead
• PACKER – “Cornelius Packer” by JessLibrarian on Genie Roadtrip
• PARKER – “(Great-Great) Aunt Frances Parker Tilton – Western Author and Divorcée (Clarence Addison Tilton’s Wife)” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
• PELLETIER – “Hyacinth Pelletier” by Kaila Johnston on From Mowat and Beyond
• PINSON – “William Pinson, Pt. 1” by Bill West on West in New England
• PLAISTED – “Major Plaisted (1798-1887)” by Pam Schaffner on Digging Down East
• PRESTON – “Dr. Samuel Preston, Philadelphia Mayor” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• PRINZ – “Uncle William Frank Prinz – Rest in Peace” by Paul on Ups and Downs of Family History
• RAINES – “How an F5 Twister Shaped a Man” (James L. Raines) by Niki Davis on Rooted in Foods
• RAY – “The Civil War” (Alphonso Ray) by Michelle on Leaves and Nuts
• REYNOLDS – “David Reynolds, Sr.” by Kessara on Of Loons and Lady Slippers
• REYNOLDS – “How Did Grandma and Grandpa Meet?” (Henry Crawford Reynolds and Martha Ann Maloura Wells) by Fran Ellsworth on Branching Out Through the Years
• RIVERS – “Nancy Rivers Davis” by Charlie on Carolina Family Roots
• ROSE – “Mary ‘Mollie’ Rose Sayers” by Lacey N. Frazier on Branches and Twigs Genealogy
• ROY – “Marcelline (Marie) Roy (1845-1916)” by Linda Albert on My Acadian Roots
• SAWYER – “Archie’s Boy, Andy Sawyer (1836-1926)” by Susan Clark on Nolichucky Roots
• SAYERS – “Augustus Boyden Sayers” by Lacey N. Frazier on Branches and Twigs Genealogy
• SCHNEIDER – “Margaret Ann (Schneider) Boe” by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors!
• SCHNEIDER – “Marie (Schneider) Illig” by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors!
• SCHUETZ – “Henry Schuetz and the Census” by Kathryn on Conrad’s Stories
• SEFTON – “Romie Michael Sefton, ‘My Favorite Person in the World’” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• SHARPE – “Charles Sharpe, Oldbury Butcher” on Joynealogy
• SILLIFANT – “William George Sillifant of Ashwater, Devon” by Kirsty Grey on Family Wise Ltd.
• SIMMS – “Alexander Simms” by Sharon Simms on 52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks
• SKIDMORE – “The Skidmore Family” by cosmokids on Our Family Tree Tales
• SMITH – “Keziah Francis Smith Black Nichols” by Terri on Genealogy Junkie – All Roads Lead to Arkansas
• SODERSTROM – “Peter Andersson (Pehr) Soderstrom” by Dr. Bill Smith on Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories
• SPEAK – “Thomas Speak (c1634-1681) – The Catholic Immigrant” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained
• SPERRY – “Richard Sperry – Protector of Regicides” by Arlene Baker on Moore Views From the Family Tree
• ST. JOHN – “Emma St. John Hall” by Lacey N. Frazier on Branches and Twigs Genealogy
• STAPP – “Nancy Virginia Stapp Sayers” by Lacey N. Frazier on Branches and Twigs Genealogy
• STOKES – “Finding Henry Stokes” by Amy Cole on Tracing Amy
• STRAIT – “Zenah Strait My Great Grandmother” by Larry L. Sanburg on larrysgroup
• STRANGE – “The Sister I Never Knew – Dorothy Lorraine Strange” by Paul on Ups and Downs of Family History
• SUMNER – “Mary Sumner Green, Who Had a Big Heart, Literally” by Wally Huskonen on Collecting Ancestors
• SWADLING – “Charles Frederick Swadling” by Pat Swadling on Swadling One-Name Study
• TILTON – “The Tiltons Move to America & Have to Rest Up for 200 Years” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
• TILTON – “Henry Addison Tilton – Funnels Alot of Living Into a Short Life” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
• TINSLEY – “Thomas Tinsley: Double the Bloodline” by Cathy Sowders Fern on Remember Me – Heritage From the Past
• TOBIAS – “Julius Tobias” on Branching Out
• WALES – “Lola Fae Wales” by Michelle on My Family History
• WALSH – “Bridget Walsh Murray” by Patricia Rohn on Shaking the Tree
• WEST – “John West” by Jillian Glover on My Ain Folk
• WESTON – “My Genial Uncle Fred Weston” by ScotSue on Family History Fun
• WILSON – “Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!” (Roxanna Amelia/Aurelia “Anna” (Wilson) Hall) on Passage to the Past’s Blog
• WOLFE – “Christopher Wolfe” by Cherie Atkinson Clark on Still Digging for Roots
• WOOD – “Anita Irving Wood” by Brad on Montanatude
• YEAKLEY – “New Cousin, Granddaughter of Nola Mae Yeakley” by Ann Hinds on Yeakley/Jones Family History
• YOUNG – “Elizabeth (Young) Redmond” by treesrch on My Genealogy Life
• no surname – “A Glimpse of a Day in the Life of Our Ancestors” on The Creola Genealogist