Our thoughts this week are certainly with the people who have been affected by the storms in the South. Not only is it a reminder of how unpredictable (and short) life can be, but it should also make us think about our own disaster preparedness. Yet more interviews in the wake of the storm with survivors saying, “My pictures are gone.”

On to Week 17 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge…

Verybeth shares the story of her mother’s aunt who did what she could to preserve a bit of “Swiss German” heritage in Berne, Indiana and the grad student who took an interest in it. (And now I’m interested!) Schalene Dagutis shows how a clue pertaining to a birthplace led her to discover the identity of her “Mysterious Alice B.” How can I pass up highlighting Lorine McGinnis Schulze’s post, when the title contains the phrase “Axe-Wielding Neighbor“?

My contribution this week was one of my Quaker ancestors, my 4th-great-grandmother Rachel Moore of Sadsbury Monthly Meeting.

• ALBRETSON – “Anna Hansine Petrea Albretson (1885-1960)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• ALLEN – “Albert J Allen (1855-1932)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• ALLISON – “Charles Wright Parker Allison Esq. CB” by JessLibrarian on Genie Roadtrip
• ASHTON – “Clarence Llewellyn Ashton (1891-1971)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• ATKINSON – “Atkinson (in a Nutshell) Part II)” by Kale Liam Hobbes on Your Roots Are Showing!
• AUDLEY – “James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• BAKER – “Anzacs at War 34th Battalion: Wallace Baker” on My Family History Research
• BALMER – “Henry Balmer, Swiss Tinner and Farm Laborer” by Tim Graham on Photo Restorations by Tim G.
• BARTON – “William Barton” by Kay Bauman on Relative Storyboards
• BEARDSLEY – “Hannah Beardsley Hulse Swayze” by D. Taylor on D. Taylor’s Genealogy
• BECKSTEAD – “Hester Abiah Beckstead (1890-1938)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• BELCHER – “Louisa Belcher” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
• BELKNAP – “Thomas Jefferson Belknap” by Jacqueline Foster on My Journey Back
• BELL – “Alfred Buhrman Bell – Died age 27, San Jose, CA” by Jenna on Jenna’s Gene Weblog
• BELT – “The Reappearance of the Belts: Eleanor Nesbitt Belt and the Lyons Siblings” by Denise Lemon Knapp on Roots and Branches
• BIANCHI – “Bonaventura Bianchi” by Eileen A. Souza on Old Bones Genealogy
• BILLINGSLEY – “Nancy Billingsley Yielding 1802-1870” by Beverly McGowan Norman on Roots, Branches, and a Few Nuts
• BLAKER – “William Blaker and the Sea Wing Disaster” by Brad on Montanatude
• BOE – “John Boe” by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors!
• BRISTOL – “Adrianna Bristol” by Arlene Baker on Moore Views From the Family Tree
• BROCK – “Benjamin Franklin Brock” by Charles Purvis on Carolina Family Roots
• BRYAN – “Bryan Family Reunions” by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• BRYAN – “William Clark Bryan” by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• BRYAN – “William Madison Bryan” by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• BRYCE – “Hazel Bryce (1897-1985)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• CACKLEY – “The Reason for the William H. Cackley Family Move from Virginia to Illinois in 1856” by Susan McNelley on Tracings by SAM
• CANTOS – “Bartolomé Dávila Cantos” by Luis Rivera
• CARLSON – “Erick Andrew Carlson” by Jessica Carlson on Carlson and Carrico Family History
• CARPENTER – “Two Dead-Enders” (Joanna Carpenter Van Alstine) on Looking Through the Lens of a Millennial Genealogist (Facebook page)
• CARR – “Nancy Carr Pruitt – Is She Really a Creek Indian?” by Amy L. Cole on Tracing Amy
• CARRINGER – “David Jackson ‘D.J.’ Carringer (1828-1902)” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
• CAYLOR – “David Harrison Caylor” by Patricia Rohn on Shaking the Tree
• CHANEY – “Sir Lawrence Chaney, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• CHAPA – “Alejandra Chapa Died Young and Left Three Small Children” by Judy Everett Ramos on Fort Worth Genealogy Examiner
• CHENEY – “Lady Elizabeth (Cheney) Tilney Saye” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• CLARKE – “John Henry Clarke” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
• CLYMER – “Bessie Pearl Clymer” by Laura Johnston on Getting Started in Genealogy
• COOKE – “Francis Cooke (1585-1663)” by VeryBeth on Tell Me More Stories
• CRISPEN – “Mary Arvilla Crispen Infield” by Elizabeth Richards on Scrapping My Family History
• CRISWELL – “Lodema Walker Criswell, My Great-Grandmother” by Diana on Moments in Time
• DALRYMPLE – “Janet Dalrymple (1853-1890)” by Simon on The Branches of My Tree
• DEESE – “Henry Harrison Deese, Sr.” by Charles Purvis on Carolina Family Roots
• DEMOSKY – “Wasyl Demosky” by Yvonne Demoskoff on Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog
• DE WASHINGTON – “John de Washington” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• DOLTON – “John Dolton’s Family of Amazing Names” by Lynne Black on starryblackness
• DOTY – “Edward Doty” by Pam Carter on My Maine Ancestry
• DOYLE – “Between Family Legends and ‘Facts:’ Andrew Doyle” by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
• DOYLE – “John William Doyle (1829-1898)” by Karen on Karen’s Genealogy Oasis
• DUMPROPE – “Mary Jane (Dumprope) Clark” by judysue on Little Bits of Roots & Branches
• DUNHAM – “Samuel Dunham, Sr. ‘Under Admonition’” by Bill West on West in New England
• EDENBOROUGH – “Christopher Edinborough” by Jennie Fairs on Edenborough One Name Study
• EDWARDS – “Rev. Richard Edwards, Playwright, Composer, Poet, and Son of Henry VIII” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• FARQUHAR – “James Farquhar” by Donna Brown on DonnaB’s Weblog
• FLOERL – “Mary Floerl” by Catherine Pendleton on The Pendleton Genealogy Post
• FOLEY – “Uncle Gerald Foley (1895-1968)” by Ian Hadden on Ian Hadden’s Family History
• FORD – “Sarah Ann Ford” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• FOX – “Researching Catharine (Fox) Roush” by Shelley Bishop on A Sense of Family
• FREDERICK – “William Frederick” by Sally Knudsen on SallySearches
• FULLER – “Emma Fuller Artis” by Minnie Becton on How Did I Get Here: From Africa to North Carolina
• GAYLOR – “Martha Gaylor of Bramshaw, Hampshire” by Kirsty Gray on Family Wise Ltd.
• GEHRKE – “Three Gehrke Infants” by Carol on Reflections From the Fence
• GREENE – “The Outspoken John Greene” by Niki Davis on Rooted in Foods
• GRUBBS – “Lydia Grubbs 1816-1881” by Ann Hinds on Yeakley/Jones Family History
• GUTHRIE – “Samuel and Hannah Guthrie (Pharis, Loughguile, Northern Ireland)” by Jo on Full Circle Family History Blog
• HALBERT – “Mary Loucinda Halbert – Don’t Go Into the Front Room!” by MaeveM on From My Material Stash
• HANNAH – “The Farmer, Not in the Dell, But in Illinois – John M. Hannah” by Mary on Ancestors I Wish I Knews
• HARTMAN – “Fannie Hartman Hart Erwin” by Jo Allison Henn on Climbing My Family Tree
• HATHERLY – “The Mysterious ‘Alice B’ Revealed” (Alice Barbara Hatherly) by Schalene Dagutis on Tangled Roots and Trees
• HEALEY – “Comfort G. Healey” by Leah G. on Leah’s Family Tree
• HICKS – “Hicks Family on Long Island from Jacob to Samuel, Isaac’s Father – Post 2” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
• HICKS – “Hicks Family: Isaac Hics’ Goings-on – Post 3” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
• HIGLEY – “Eunice, Wife of Joel Higley” (NOTE: Higley is not her maiden name; this post is trying to determine what it was.) by Kathleen on Ancestry Search
• HILL – “Ann Hill (1633?- 1683?)” by verybeth on Tell Me More Stories
• HILL – “Eliphalet Hill” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• HINDLE – “Margaret (Hindle) Davey (1853-1925)” by Jen Smart on Jen’s Genealogy Pages
• HONAKER – “Rachel Honaker, Wife of Elijah Wood” by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
• HOUSTON – “Sam B. Houston” by Juli D. Quinteros de Hernandez
• HOWARD – “Sir Robert Howard” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• HYDE – “Ancestor Story – Alice Hyde” on thegenealogygirl
• HYDE – “Mr. Hyde, Sir Robert’s Father” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• IACOBUCCI – “Custode Iacobucci George” by kakingsbury on Trovando Famiglia
• ILES – “George Iles” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
• JOLLETT/JOLLEY/JOLLY – “Simeon Jollett Jolley Jolly” by Wendy on Jollett Etc.
• JONES – “The Man, the Myth, the Mob” (Charles Edgar Jones) by Niki Davis on Rooted in Foods
• JONES – “The Fukkers” (Harry Jones) by Karen Bruynell on Getting to Know You
• JONES – “Mean Patsy” (Martha ‘Patsy’ Jones) by Myra Vanderpool Gormley on Shaking Family Trees
• KINNICK – “David R. Kinnick” by Dr. Bill Smith on Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories
• KNOX – “John Knox – Was He a Twin? Which Birth Year is Correct?” by Cathy Sowders Fern on Remember Me
• KUTZ – “Martin Kutz – From Prussia to Chicago, IL” by Aymee Lubinski on My Ancestor’s Leaves
• LANGHORNE – “Nancy Witcher ‘Lady Astor’ Langhorne” by Helen Youngblood Holshouser on Heart of a Southern Woman
• LATHAM – “The Family Jewels” (Hester Latham) by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• LATHAM – “Hester Florence Latham” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• LAWS – “Elizabeth Laws Doyle” by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
• LEUGERS – “Bernard Leugers (1845-1935)” by Miles Meyer on Our Ancestories
• LILY – “Sarah White Lily” by Martha on Fascinated by the Dead
• LINDBERG – “August Lindberg” by Nellie on Nellie’s Basket
• MACKENZIE – “William Alexander Mackenzie” by William Wheeler on Wheeler Genealogy
• MARK – “William Mark: Soldier & Farmer” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
• MATHAMS – “Robert Mathams” by Gail Pullyblank on Family History Etc.
• MATHEWS – “William Mathews – Boggabri” on My Family History Research
• MAYNARD – “Christopher Columbus Maynard” by Marcy Belles on My Family & Memories
• McCLURE – “Who Else Is in John McClure’s Family?” by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
• McDOWELL – “Mary McDowell, the White Wife” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained
• McKINLEY – “Cotton Growing on the McKinley Farm” by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• McKINLEY – “Growing Up Southern: McKinley and Bryan – Southern Family Sayings” by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• MICK – “Michael Mick – Found Drowned” on My Search for the Past
• MICOL – “Amelia Micol Weber’s Civil War Pension Quest” by Nancy Niehaus Hurley on Indiana Ties
• MITCHELL – “Andrew Mitchell, Pt 2” by Bill West on West in New England
• MITCHELL – “Freelove Mitchell, b. 1755, Rhode Island” by Celia Lewis on Twigs and Trees
• MOLLOY – “In Wordart! Simon Molloy Derbyshire, England (1819-1869)” by Jo on Full Circle Family History Blog
• MOORE – “Dear Friends: Rachel Moore of Sadsbury Monthly Meeting” by Amy Johnson Crow on No Story Too Small
• MORRIS – “John ‘Sutt’ Morris” by Heather on Chasing the Past
• MOSELEY – “Sarah Moseley” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
• MOSES – “John Moses” by Pam Carter on My Maine Ancestry
• MOYNAHAN – “Departures” (John Moynahan) by Cindi on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
• MOYNAHAN – “Priests and Nuns” (Raymond Moynahan, Madeline Demarse, Clarice Lennon, Marie Lennon, Bernard Broderick) by Cindi on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
• MURPHY – “Michael Murphy, Immigrant Ancestor of My Immigrant Ancestor” by The Down East Genealogist on PineTrees and Pedigrees
• MYERS – “Eva (Myers) Stone – Another Mystery!” on Passage to the Past’s Blog
• NEWMANN – “Jennie Newmann Borchers” by Jackie Holloway on Voices of Yesterday
• NIEHUES/NIEHAUS – “What Do I Know About Josef Niehues (Niehaus) – Westphalia, Germany – 1804-????” by Nancy Niehaus Hurley on Indiana Ties
• NOREYS – “Geoffery Noreys, IV, Lord of Monpinzoun Manor” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• OSTERMANN – “Benjamin Edward Ostermann” by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way
• PARKER – “Ann Parker Bryan (1830-1917)” by Karen on Karen’s Genealogy Oasis
• PEER – “Found Details re Great-Grandpa Peer Attacked By Axe-Wielding Neighbor in 1895” by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
• PELL – “Ellen Pell, Marriage Trifecta” by Pam Carter on My Maine Ancestry
• PETERS – “A Name Remembered – Georgia Anne Peters” by Yvette Porter Moore on Root Digger Genealogy
• PITRE – “Marie Clarisse ‘Doris’ Pitre (1913-1955) – A Reminder to Buckle Up and Lock Your Doors” by Linda Albert on My Acadian Roots
• PITTMAN – “Gracie Pittman” by Caroll on Trace Your Genealogy
• PLUNK – “A Family for David” (David Brazille Plunk) by Carla Wallain Davis on My Genealogical Journey
• PORTER – “Rev. Huntington Porter (1755-1844)” by famfinder4 on The Stories Found Among the Leaves
• POPP – “Frank Popp (1889-1966)” by Susan Clark on Nolichucky Roots
• RADZINŠ – “Kārlis Radzins” on Discovering Latvian Roots
• RAY – “Mary Jane Ray St. John” by Lacey Frazier on Branches and Twigs Genealogy
• REESE – “Daniel Evans Reese Revisited” by Cheryl Miller on Shaking Cheryl’s Family Tree
• RIDDEL – “Adam Christie Riddel” by Jillian Glover on My Ain Folk
• SCHMIETT – “Benard Schmiett (1888-1949)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• SCHÜTZ – “Friedrich Ludwig Schütz” by Kathryn Adam-Hurst on Conrad’s Stories
• SCOTT – “Two Dead-Enders” (John Scott, Sr.) on Looking Through the Lens of a Millennial Genealogist (Facebook page)
• SHIPMAN – “Edward Shipman, Sr.” by Terri on Genealogy Junkie – All Roads Lead to Arkansas
• SMITH – “Eliza (Smith) Brown, Three Countries in One Lifetime” by Liz Loveland on My Adventures in Genealogy
• SMITH – “George William Smith” by Pam Schaffner on Digging Down East
• SNEDDEN – “Elizabeth Snedden, Pt 2” by Kim Robinson on Laney’s Past
• SOULAS – “Jacques Soulas, le plus lointain ancêtre de la branche Soulas” by Marine S on Dans les branches [in French]
• SPRAGUE – “S. S. Sprague, Age 55 and a Captain in the Civil War” by cosmokids on Our Family Tree Tales
• STANLEY/STANDLEY – “William Stanley/Standley” by Marcy Belles on My Family & Memories
• STARKEY – “Ingham Starkey” by Bob and Debbie Biggs on Bob & Debbie’s Next BIGGS Adventure
• STEVEN – “Jean Steven Carruthers” by Sharon Simms on 52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks
• STEVENS – “Cary Stevens” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• STEWART – “Walter Stewart of Dundonald, 3rd High Steward of Scotland” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• STOUT – “A Road Trip to Guernsey County – Lib Stout Cunningham” by Vera Marie Badertscher
• SWADLING – “Harry Swadling” by Pat Swadling on Swadling One-Name Study
• TEAL – “Benjamin Jefferson Teal” by thewordspinner on Skeletons in the Closet
• THIELKE – “Sister Minnie” (Minnie Thielke) by Brian Zalewski on Zalewski Family Genealogy
• TIERNEY – “My Favorite Grandmother Isabel Clare Tierney” by Barbara Murphy on My Family’s Branches and Twigs
• TREADGOLD – “OMG! (0.0) It’s Them!” (Anna Burnetta Louise Treadgold) by Kale Liam Hobbes on Your Roots Are Showing!
• TREES – “Lavanche Emarine Trees, a Very Unusual Name” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• TROUTMAN – “Was Charles Troutman a Troutman at All?” by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard on Diggin’ Up Graves
• VAUGHAN – “Mildred Vaughan Bourne” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• WALDHAUER – “Elizabeth Waldhauer” by Catherine Pendleton on The Pendleton Genealogy Post
• WARREN – “Richard Warren (1580-1628)” by VerBeth on Tell Me More Stories
• WEBSTER – “Happy 100th Birthday Grandpa Debs! We Miss You!” (Debs Warren Webster) by jana Last on Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
• WEIDMAN – “Martin Weidman (1712-1768) Will” by Kris Hocker on /genealogy
• WHEELER – “Willard Wheeler” by William Wheeler on Wheeler Genealogy
• WILLIAMS – “Finnetta Ann Williams (1860-1943)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• WILLIAMS – “Francis Hereford Williams or Was It Roland Watkins?” by Susie Reynolds on Our Families and Their Untold Stories
• WOLCOTT – “Martha Jane Wolcott” by NikiMarie on My People in History
• WOMERSLEY – “Ephraim Womersley and His Brushed with the Grim Reaper” by Hilary on Looking Back
• WRIGHT – “John Hominy Wright” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• WRIGHT – “Lydia Ann Wright Wright” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• WULLIMAN – “Anna Elizabeth Wulliman Johnston (1916-1986)” by verybeth on Tell Me More Stories
• YOUNGERS – “John Michael Youngers” by Tina Marie Chase on Random
• ZIERLE – “Christian Zierle – Civil War Soldier From Germany” by Kessara on Of Loons and Lady Slippers
• no surname – “Robert I ‘Robertian,’ roi des Francs” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• no surname – “William the Conqueror” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• various – “Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” by Karen on Ancestor Soup