Last week, I attended the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in San Antonio. It’s always good to see old friends, make some new ones, and talk genealogy. If you’ve never been to a genealogy conference, I urge you to go to one. They are invigorating! Can’t make it to one of the national ones, like FGS, NGS, or RootsTech? Check out the conference held by your state genealogical society. Even if you don’t have ancestors in the state where you live, you’ll learn all sorts of things that will help you with your research. Plus, you’ll get to spend time talking with people who understand the Genealogy Happy Dance.
Now it’s time for Week 35 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Leave the link to your latest post in the comments below. (Be sure to include your ancestor’s name so others can find you!)
While you’re here, check out the great posts from Week 34!
Holshouser, Max Alexander, Family Man and Extraordinary Craftsman–52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, #35
http://heart2heartstories.com/2014/09/03/max-alexander-holshouser-family-man-and-extraordinary-craftsman-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-35/
LOCKENVITZ WITTMUSS, Mina (Marie Dorothea Wilhelmine), she followed her children to Nebraska
http://vorfahrensucher.de/minalockenvitzwittmuss/
JOICE, HANNAH, Will names four surviving sons. Do you know what became of them?
http://genealogyinwestbrookfieldmass.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-28-hannah-joice-four-sons.html
JARRELL – Mary P. JARRELL and Mary SELF JARRELL – maybe a variation of Fitzgerald
http://jollettetc.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-35-jarrells.html
McDONALD, Anna Harriet (1878-1915)
http://sallysearches.blogspot.com/2014/09/52ancestors-35-anna-harriet-mcdonald.html
Amanda (nee HOUGHTON) LASHBROOK
http://www.reflectionsfromthefence.blogspot.com/2014/08/sundays-stories-52-ancestor-weeks-week_31.html
BOLES, John – The Disappearing Man
http://thegenealogygirl.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/ancestor-story-john-boles-the-disappearing-man-52-ancestors/
KINCAID – 52 Ancestors: #35 Margaret KINCAID abt. 1794-abt. 1865 by Cathy Meder-Dempsey at Opening Doors in Brick Walls
http://openingdoorsinbrickwalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/52-ancestors-35-margaret-kincaid-abt-1794-abt-1865/
RICHARDS–#29 Abiathar Richards–Do You Have a Glass Slipper?
http://ancestorsiwishiknew.blogspot.com/
Mary Edwards – Early Connecticut settler. http://mooreviewsfromthefamilytree.blogspot.com/
DEATH: Hepzibah Death How(e)
http://ancestorsinaprons.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-it-is-all-relative-hepzibah-death/
When Death is a name–not a condition. Odd names and odd marital combinations.
GREEN – Mark Green
http://howdidigetherefromafricatonc.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-35-mark-green.html
BRACKLEY, Beniah Pratt (1833-1896) at Digging Down East
http://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-34-beniah-pratt-brackley.html
LEIGHTON, Stephen (1804-1820?) at Digging Down East
http://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-35-stephen-leighton-1804.html
Running just a little behind for Week 35 but here is my Week 32 post for
MITCHELL, Lionell Burris – Surviving His Childhood
http://frommymaterialstash.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-32-lionell-burris-mitchell.html
WAKEMAN, Sarah Everton – the girl from Worchestershire
http://jacqueline-journeyback.blogspot.ca/2014/09/52-ancestors-sarah-everton-wakeman.html
BOE – #35 John Boe
http://so-many-ancestors.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-35-john-boe.html
DAGUTIS (or DEGUTIS), Albert Paul
#35 Crossing the Line Ceremony
http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-35-crossing-line-ceremony.html
GREULICH, Lillian Witmer (Snyder), 1879-1947
http://www.krishocker.com/52-ancestors-lillian-snyder-greulich-1879-1947/
JAMES SMITH, my maternal 4th Great-Grandfather
http://karenskin.com
LANSIL/HAINES – Edith Bernice (Lansil) Haines
http://passagetothepast.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/52-ancestors-week-35-the-haines-girls-were-poets-and-i-didnt-even-know-it/
WATERMAN, Jerusha S. – Jerusha Waterman – Daughter of a War of 1812 Veteran
http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-35-jerusha-waterman.html
MARTINEZ GUAJARDO, Alferez Joseph – born 1668 in Mexico
MARTINEZ GUAJARDO, Alferez Joseph – born 1668 in Mexico
http://www.examiner.com/article/ancestor-35-alferez-joseph-martinez-guajardo-born-1668-mexico
RITTER, Isaac, Died in Debt
http://leavesnbranches.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-35-isaac.html
Bryan – Week 35
jinsalacoblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/week-35-august-30-2014-52-ancestor-52-week-reflections-of-mr-paul-paul-pinkney-bryan/
RIGSBEY/RIGSBY John William and
CONN Anna Eliza
These are from my husband’s side, but my kids deserve to know about both of our families.
http://searchingbeyondsaintlouis.blogspot.com/2014/09/blog-post.html
GRISSOM, Anne – from Ste. Genevieve Missouri, died in 1885 in Jefferson County, Missouri.
http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-challenge-anne-grissom.html
FORBES Hugh 1831-1909,Alness, Ross-shire then Greenock, Renfrewshire in Scotland
SIMPSON Isabella, 1836-1924 Greenock, Renfrewshire in Scotland
#52Ancestors #35 Hugh Forbes and Isabella Simpson – tugboats and Grandpa Simpson
http://starryblackness.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/hugh-forbes-isabella-simpson/
BOATWRIGHT, ARTHUR (1911-1939) my week #28
http://thestoriesfoundamongtheleaves.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-week-28-arthur-boatwright.html
KINNAIRD, George Chester, Ontario, Canada. Man of many spellings and many questions. http://ssimms64.blogspot.ca/2014/08/week-35-george-chester-kinnaird.html
I’m a week behind!
KIRK – #34, Chester F. Kirk, Part 4: Veterinarian and Horse Racer
http://pinetreesandpedigrees.blogspot.com/2014/08/52-ancestors-34-chester-f-kirk-part-4.html
SEFTON — “William O. Sefton, ‘Ohio Billy'” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
http://greenfamilyarchives.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-30-william-o-sefton-ohio.html
RACETTE – Cordélie Racette
http://yvonnesgenealogyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/08/52-ancestors-35-cordelia-racette.html
Mayme (Woodward) Hundey Lake (1889-1971): The Beaver Creek Ladies Aid Society
Tending the Family Tree http://annettelyttle.com/?p=81
Hodges, Charles Leslie Skone
http://carlsonandcarricofamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-week-35-charles-leslie.html
KIMBER – Casper Kimber and the NYC Common Council Minutes, 52 Ancestors
http://casperkimberconnections.blogspot.com/2014/09/casper-kimber-and-nyc-common-council.html
STOUT, Peter “The Quaker”
and his wife
CYPERT, Margaret
http://searchingbeyondsaintlouis.blogspot.com/2014/09/blog-post_5.html
Still behind but plugging along:
STRAUSS, Henry, jr. #31 (1862 – 1881) Rosa HENN Strauss’ (#30) oldest son
Part 1: “Dealing A Deadly Blow” http://jahcmft.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-31-henry-strauss-jr-1862.html
Part 2: “Justifiable Homicide” http://jahcmft.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-31-henry-strauss-jr-1862_6.html
HAUXHURST, Bertha Charity (wife of Chester) -#35- Grandson Bill’s memories of her as a widow.
HAUXHURST, Bertha Charity (wife of Chester) -#35- Grandson Bill’s memories of her as a widow.
http://pastremains.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-grandsons-memories-guest-blogger.html
Still catching up – final post on my father
MITCHELL #33 Lionell Burris Mitchell – Brilliant and Self-Taught
http://frommymaterialstash.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-33-lionell-burris-mitchell.html
PUTNAM, Joseph a Forty-Niner
http://putnamsisters.wordpress.com/2014/09/06-52-ancestors-27-joseph-putnam-a-forty-niner/
Oops, mistyped something. Hope this works.
Joseph Putnam
http://putnamsisters.wordpress.com/2014/09/06/52-ancestors-27-joseph-putnam-a-forty-niner
ESTES – Abraham Estes (c1647-1720), The Immigrant, 52 Ancestors #35
http://dna-explained.com/2014/08/30/abraham-estes-c-1647-1720-the-immigrant-52-ancestors-35/
Here are my last two – I have caught up!
RICHES/ARTIS – #34 Peter Riches and Ann Artis – They Crossed an Ocean and Settled in Different Countries
http://frommymaterialstash.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-34-peter-richesann-artis.html
GRAVES – #35 Samuel Graves and his Descendants – First of My Graves Family in America
http://frommymaterialstash.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-35-samuel-graves-and-his.html
Now I have two days to get the next one done!
MATHERS, JAMES. #35
http://myfamilysbranchesandtwigs.blogspot.com
#35 Abbie Eliza Bentley married Leonard Curtis — did she cross to a Gretna Green for the wedding? http://climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-ancestors-35-did-abbie-eliza-bentley.html
It is easy to get behind, but hopefully I will get caught up once the autumn rains arrive and force me to stay inside and do some work. Being a descendant of a fractured family during the Civil War, recently I wrote about one of my Confederate ancestors. Francis Marion Hensley. http://shakingfamilytrees.blogspot.com/2014/09/30-long-road-back-to-georgia.html
PRICE, Nathan Emanuel
Nathan Emanuel Price http://bit.ly/1lOxD5T
Henry Hennessy at Craig Colony for Epileptics
http://hennessycox.blogspot.com/2014/05/life-of-henry-hennessy-brother-of.html
STRAUSSER. 52 Ancestors Week 35 – Peter A, Strausser by Eileen A Souza, Old Bones Genealogy, LLC.
http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/52-ancestors-35-peter-a-strausser-tombstone-tuesday/
DAY Albert Henry and FIELDER Eli(s/z)abeth Caroline
http://family-wise.co.uk/35-ah-day-ec-fielder/
WESTON, William Clifton 1833-1889
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/52-ancestors-35-william-clifton-weston.html
HYDE, Mary 1779-1864
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/52-ancestors-6-mary-hyde.html
DALEY, Charles 1775-1831
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/52-ancestors-7-charles-daley.html
ALDERSON, Susannah 1780-1854
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/52-ancestors-8-susannah-alderson.html
MOSES, Uriah 1780-1847
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/52-ancestors-9-uriah-moses.html
HOLLAND, Richard 1783-1867
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/52-ancestors-10-richard-holland.html
PENDERGAST, John 1769-1833
http://connectingthefamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/52-ancestors-11-john-pendergast.html