Week 26. You know what that means — We’re halfway there!!

I had another crazy week of travel. I was home for six days before I had to head to Las Vegas for the American Library Association’s annual conference and then to San Francisco for a couple of days in the office. I almost opted not to post a recap again this week, but it’s the halfway point of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks — how could I miss this recap?!

Though I didn’t miss the recap, I did miss posting my own ancestor… again. (sigh) I’m not setting a very good example.

Wishing everyone in the U.S. a very happy 4th of July! And here’s to the next 26 weeks of ancestors! May they be as full of discovery as the last 26!

• ACKERMANN – “Barbara Ackermann – A Clue From a Postcard” by Cheryl Biermann Hartley on My Search for the Past
• ALLEN – “Peter B. Allen” by Kay on Relative Storyboards
• ATKINSON – “Pennsylvania Death Certificates on Ancestry.com for My Paternal Great-Grandfathers” (George Andrew Atkinson and Charles Edgar Fife) by Cherie Atkinson Clark on Still Digging for Roots
• BASSETT – “Why Did William Bassett Leave Keene?” by Vera Marie Badertscher on Ancestors in Aprons
• BATCHELDER – “The Original Bachelor?” (Nathaniel Batchelder) by Pam Carter on My Maine Ancestry
• BEAMAN – “John Beaman” by Bill West on West in New England
• BIANCHI – “Josephine Bianchi Bridy” by Eileen A. Souza on Old Bones Genealogy
• BIERMANN – “John Joseph Biermann – Born on the 4th of July (Almost)” by Cheryl Biermann Hartley on My Search for the Past
• BLAIN – “Alam and Catharine (Read) Blain” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• BLANDFORD – “Patience Blandford” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
• BLORE – “How Many Williams Do You Need to Prove a Point?” (William Blore) by Simon on The Branches of My Tree
• BOWEN – “Donald Eugene Bowen II” by Carol on Reflections From the Fence
• BRAMLETT – “Reuben Bramlett of Illinois” by Niki Davis on Rooted in Foods
• BRODERICK – “Detective Leo William Broderick” by Cindi on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
• BROWN – “Catherina Brown” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
• BRUCE – “Robert Bruce I, King” by Kessara on Of Loons and Lady Slippers
• BRYAN – “Alcinda Alexander Bryan Hodges: Member of the RLDS Church” by Cathy Sowders Fern on Remember Me – Heritage From the Past
• BRYAN – “Hugh McCloud Bryan – A General’s Namesake” by A.R. Dotson on The Genearchaeologist’s Field Notebook
• BRYAN – “Will the Real John Bryan Step Forward…” by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• BUDNY – “Feliks Budny” on Trace Your Genealogy
• BUSTER – “James Jarman Buster” by Terri on Genealogy Junkie – All Roads Lead to Arkansas
• CAMPION – “Elizabeth Campion 1833-1899 Canada” by Celia Lewis on Twigs and Trees
• CELMIŅŠ – “Dāvis Celmiņš” on Discovering Latvian Roots
• CHRISTIE – “Alexander Christie” by Jillian Glover on My Ain Folk
• CLONCH – “William Clonch abt. 1807-1863” by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
• COMER – “Christopher Comer & Family” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• COUVENT – “Anne Couvent, Not Convent” by Yvonne Demoskoff on Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog
• DAVIS – “Charles Davis” by Donna Brown on DonnaB’s Weblog
• DAY – “Clyde Walter Day and Mamie McAninch Day” by cosmokids on Our Family Tree Tales
• DE BONNEVIE – “Jacques ‘dit Beaumont’ de Bonnevie, Acadian From Paris” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained
• DINGLE – “Edward Carter Dingle – He Went Into the Family Business” by MaeveM on From My Material Stash
• DOTY – “Albert Doty and the Girl Next Door” by Barbara DiMunno on Barb’s Family Stories
• DUCKWORTH – “Felix Leroy Duckworth” by Laura Johnston on Getting Started in Genealogy
• FARKAS – “Bachelor Brothers Julius and Peter Farkas in WWI” by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
• FISHER – “Rebecca Annabel Fisher, ‘Aunt Annie’” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• FLORES – “Jose Manuel Marcelino Flores descended from Spanish explorers” by Judy Everett Ramos on Fort Worth Genealogy Examiner
• FOLEY – “Gertrude Ellen (or Ellen Gertrude) O’Neill (nee Foley) 1898-1962” by Ian Hadden on Ian Hadden’s Family History
• FROMAN – “The Forgotten Son: Adam Froman” by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
• FROST – “Part 2 of ‘Where Are the Søren’s?’ The Search for My Great Grandmother’s Twin, Søren Peter Thomsen Frost (1883-?)” by famfinder4 on The Stories Found Among the Leaves
• GATES – “Abigail (Gates) Seaver (1797-1867)” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
• GERSBACHER – “John Gersbacher, ‘Street Angel, House Devil’” by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors
• GILBERT – “Martha Gilbert” by Catherine Pendleton on The Pendleton Genealogy Post
• GLOVER – “James E. Glover, Customs Man AKA Grandad” by Lynne Black on starryblackness
• GOODBODY – “Rose Maria Goodbody (5 January 1855 – 1921)” by belleek on Rosneath
• GRAHAM – “Denis Graham, a Link to the Past” by Tim Graham on Photo Restorations by Tim G.
• GRANT – “Sir Duncan le Grant, 1st Laird of Freuchie” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• GUNTHER – “Geraldine Gunther Parry” by Eileen A. Souza on Old Bones Genealogy
• HAINS – “A Beginner’s Blunder” (John Hains) on Passage to the Past’s Blog
• HAIRSTON – “Vinson Hairston” by Diana on Moments in Time
• HAYWOOD – “Elijah C. Haywood” by Carla Wallain Davis on My Genealogical Journey
• HERMANS – “More from Jessie Hermans Watson” by Brad on Montanatude
• HOCKER – “Mary Ann Hocker (1834-1903)” by Kris Hocker on /genealogy
• HOSKINS – “Mary Rowena Hoskins” by Kay on Relative Storyboards
• HUMPHREYS – “Elizabeth Humphreys (abt 1820-1886)” by Jen Smart on Jen’s Genealogy Pages
• HUNTING – “John Hunting” by Bill West on West in New England
• JAQUEZ – “Alejandrino J. Jaquez” on The Ancestry Angel
• JAMIESON – “William Duncan Jamieson” by Sharon Simms on 52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks
• KEEN – “Mary Anna Keen Weber: A Life Lived in Large Families” by Nancy Niehaus Hurley on Indiana Ties
• KERR – “Because the ‘Joe Kerr’ Was His Cousin” by Elizabeth Richards on Scrapping My Family History
• KERR – “Margaret Kerr McBride, Strength Defined” by Sally Knudsen on SallySearches
• KINNICK – “Walter Watson and Mary Estelle (Simmons) Kinnick” by Dr. Bill Smith on Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories
• KIRKPATRICK – “John Kirkpatrick” by The Down East Genealogist on Pine Trees and Pedigrees
• KRING – “Charles and Paul Arthur Kring of Fort Scott Kansas” by Paul on Ups and Downs of Family History
• LEBAS – “Abraham Lebas” by Marine S. on Dans les branches [in French]
• LIGHTHILL – “Mr. (and Mrs.?) Thomas Lighthill” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• LINNABARY – “Henry Linnabary” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• LINVILLE – “Robert Lee Linville” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• LOGUE – “Daniel A. Logue – Living Here in Allentown” by Patricia Rohn on Shaking the Tree
• LOWE – “Henry Lowe” by Marcy Belles on My Family & Memories
• LUCEY – “James Lucey and Cocheco Bottling Works” by Dave Lucey on The eLuceydator
• MARA – “WWI and PFC William James Mara” by Colleen Greene on Colleen & Jeff’s Roots
• MEGQUIER – “Arvilla Megquier McIntire (1875-1945)” by Pam Schaffner on Digging Down East
• MILLS – “Hung as a Tory – Colonel Ambrose Mills 1722-1780” by Beverly McGowan Norman on Roots, Branches and a Few Nuts
• MOORE – “Emily Moore Letters from the 1800s” by Barbara Murphy on My Family’s Branches and Twigs
• MORRIS – “Eleanor Nelly Morris Mills 1739-1833” by Beverly McGowan Norman on Roots, Branches, and a Few Nuts
• MOYNAHAN – “Kent County (Ontario) Moynahan Ancestors” by Cindi on My Mounahan Genealogy Blog
• MUIR – “Not Likely to Become an Efficient Soldier” (James Muir) by Schalene Dagutis
• NELEN – “John Nelen” by Jessica Carlson on Carlson and Carrico Family History
• NORTH – “Fredrick Harrison North and Emma Olga Hroch” by cosmokids on Our Family Tree Tales
• O’DONNELL – “Henry O’Donnell – Died on the 4th of July (Heat Exhaustion)” by Cheryl Biermann Hartley on My Search for the Past
• PACE – “My Husband’s Mother Fixed Her Husband Up With Her Best Friend” (Betty Pace Greene) by Colleen Greene on Colleen & Jeff’s Roots
• PALMER – “Doris Jennie Palmer Norton – Happy (Belated) Birthday!” by J.E. Brooks on Brooks/Norton Beginnings
• PARRISH – “John Parrish” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• PATE – “Moses Eddie Pate” by Minnie Becton on How Did I Get Here” From African to North Carolina
• PETHERICK – “Thomas Petherick (1823-1907)” by Kirsty Gray on Family Wise Ltd.
• PILLSBURY – “Susan A. Pillsbury Bergadeen, Long-time Mitchell County, Iowa Resident” by Denise Hibsch Richmond on Denise Digs Roots
• PITRE – “Hilaire Pitre (1817/8 – 1902) Farmer, Carpenter and Store Merchant” by Linda Albert on My Acadian Roots
• PREVITTE – “Sarah Jane Previtte McCall” by Charlie Purvis on Carolina Family Roots
• RANDOLPH – “Peyton Randolph, Marked for Death by the British for His Role in the Continental Congress” by Helen Holshouser on Heart of a Southern Woman
• SCHNEIDER – “Gladys Schneider” by Caroll on Trace Your Genealogy
• SHIFLETT – “Burton Shiflett” by Wendy on Jollett Etc.
• SHRIVER – “Mariah (Maria) Shriver” by Cindy Freed on Genealogy Circle
• SKINNER – “The End of the mtDNA Line” (Susan (Skinner) Warner) by Brian Zalewski on Zalewski Family Genealogy
• SMITH – “Margaret Smith” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
• SOUTHWICK – “Lawrence & Cassandra (Burnell) Southwick” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• SPURLOCK – “Mary Polly Spurlock, Born with the Century” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
• STARRETT – “William Starrett, Ulster Scots-Irish Immigrant” by The Down East Genealogist on Pine Trees and Pedigrees
• STEPHAN – “Georgie Porgie Pudding & Pie…” (George Edward Stephan) by Penny Stephan on A Branch Too Far
• STONE – “Mourning Stone Mills” by Beverly McGowan Norman on Roots, Branches, and a Few Nuts
• TEAGUE – “Mary Olive Teague Reese Severs (1871 IN – 1906 KS)” by Karen on Karen’s Genealogy Oasis
• THRASHER – “David and Phoebe (Prescott) Thrasher” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• THRESHER/THRASHER – “Henry Thresher/Thrasher” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• TILTON – “Charles and Elizabeth (Tyson) Tilton & Family – Memories of the 1930s and 1940s by Guest Blogger-daughter” by Ann Tilton Higgins on Past Remains
• TYLER – “Emma Tyler, My Welsh Great-Grandmother” by Kathy Nemaric on KJN Genealogy
• WALTERS – “Florence Eugene Walters” by Nellie on Nellie’s Basket
• WALTON – “John Parker Hale Walter, My 2nd Great Uncle” by Larry L. Sanburg on larrysgroup
• WARD – “Herbert Ward, WW1 Hero” by Hilary on Looking Back
• WATSON – “Sweets for the Sweet – Horace and Delia (Spaulding) Watson” by Brad on Montanatude
• WEAVER – “Solomon Weaver” on Shaking the Tree
• WEBSTER – “Frank Summers Webster, Brother of ‘The Traveling Dentist’” by Jana Last on Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
• WHITNEY – “Samuel David Whitney… Yes, Another Samuel Whitney” by Andrea Kelleher on How Did I Get Here?
• WILLIAMS – “Charlotte (Williams) Fee (abt 1825-1876)” by Jen Smart on Jen’s Genealogy Pages
• WITTMÜß – “Wilhelm Johann Karl Wittmüß” by Karen on Vorfahrensucher [in German]
• WOODARD – “Hannah Woodard Rosser” by Judi Carroll-Thompson on Journey of a Family Historian
• YOUNGERS – “Emma/Emily (Youngers) Dickes” by Tina Marie Chase on Random
• name withheld – “My Dad – Happy Father’s Day!” by mvillhauer on Branching Out: My Family Tree