More blogs. More posts. More people making connections. It’s time for the Week 3 recap of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks!

There are numerous posts that stood out to me this week. Two of them included a heart wrenching tale on Generation’s Gone By’s Weblog. Genohio used a variety of sources to give context to a boiler explosion that killed six men.

Oh, and the numbers? 204 articles this week (including my look at a rare non-farmer in my family tree). So far, a total of 242 blogs have said that they are taking the challenge.

Happy reading!

• ACHNITZ – “William Achnitz” by William Achnitz on The Genealogy of William Achnitz III
• ADAMS – “#3 Henry Adams (1846-1907)” by Jo on Full Circle Family History Blog
• ALBEA – “Mom” by Valerie Craft on Begin with “Craft”
• ALLEN – “3 Catherine Allen” by Sally on SallySearches
• ANDERSON – “#2 Amy Anderson Roof: Match Making” by Vera Marie Badertscher on Ancestors in Aprons
• ARNOLD – “Week 2: Francis Arnold c.1836 – d between 1891-1901” on Joynealogy
• ARNOLD – “Week 3 – Rose Evelyn Arnold, b 1900 (married Niagara Falls in 1922)” on Joynealogy
• ASHER – “John E. Asher” by Elyse Doerflinger on Elyse’s Genealogy Blog
• ASHTON – “#1: William Ashton (1837-1909)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
• AUSTIN – “Week 3 Joseph Austin” by Judi Carroll-Thompson on Journey of a Family Historian
• AUSTIN – “Louise Maria Austin Cheney” on thegenealogygirl
• BALLENGER – “#3: Marilyn Ballenger, the Aunt I Never Knew” by Shelley Ballenger Bishop on A Sense of Family
• BARTH – “#3 Anna Barth – Who’s your daddy?” by mvillhauer on Branching Out: My Family Tree
• BENNEM – “#3 Will the Real John Bennem Please Stand Up?!” by Rachel Mackin Evans on My Genealogical Ramblings
• BJORKLUND – “Week #3 Serendipity” (Sigrid C. Bjorklund” on Passage to the Past’s Blog
• BOLAND – “No. 3: John P. Boland” by Tim on Photo Restorations by Tim G.
• BOWEN – “#3 Herbert Bowen” by Davy Lucey on The eLuceydator
• BRANDL – “#2 Loving Someone I’ve Never Met” (Eva Brandl) by Linda O’Donnell on One Branch at a Time
• BRITTON – “Ancestor 3: Sarah Britton, Known for Great Strength of Religious Character” by Judy Everett Ramos on Fort Worth Genealogy Examiner
• BROADBENT – “#3 Ernest Broadbent – Life and Death at the Mine” on starryblackness
• BROCK – “#3 Hezekiah Brock” by Charlie Purvis on Carolina Family Roots
• BROWN – “Week 3 – Isaac Brown” on Looking Through the Lens of a Millennial Genealogist
• BROWN – “Joseph Brown” on Montanatude
• BRYAN – “#3 Monte DeRay Bryan” by Diana on Moments in Time
• BUCKNER – “#3 Mary Jane Buckner Willis” by Donna Brown on DonnaB’s Weblog
• BUISCH – “#1 Henry George Buisch” by Erin Williamson Klein on My Family History Files
• BULLARD – “#3 Jane Bullard? – Mother of Joel Hall” by Lacey Frazier on Branches and Twigs
• BURNETT – “#3 Elizabeth Hamilton Burnett (1897-1943)” by Alana on A Twig In My Tree
• CARGO – “#3 Flora Cargo Warnick” by Beverly McGowan Norman on Roots, Branches, and a Few Nuts
• CARRINGER – “Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
• CARROLL – “#3 Samuel Carroll’s Awesome Beard” by Chelsea on All Roads Lead to Jones
• CASTLE – “Week 3 – Belzora Castle” by Cathy G. on Orlandel Creations
• CHANDLER – “#3 Emma Chandler Simpson” by Laura Johnston on Getting Started in Genealogy
• CHASE – “#3 – Guy Oscar Chase” on Chasing Dead Relatives
• CHATTERTON – “#3 Anne Marie Chatterton” by Kris Stewart on My Link to the Past
• CHURCH – “Caleb Church, Farmer and Cooper” on Relative Musings
• CLARK – “#2 Walter Edward Clark” by S. Gaberseck on Family Unforgotten
• COAKLEY – “52 Weeks 52 Ancestors” (William M. Coakley) by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• COIT – “#3 Colonel Samuel Coit” by Brian Cain on The Impassioned Genealogist
• COMBS – “Week 3: Sarah (Combs) Webb” by Cherie Atkinson Clark on Still Digging for Roots
• CORBIN – “Alfred Ernest Corbin” by Karen S. on 21 Wits, by Karen
• COUGHLIN – “#3 David Francis Coughlin” by Denise Coughlin on Denise’s Genealogy Journey
• CRANE – “Week 1, Nan Crane” by Christy on Pajama Genealogy
• CROSS – “#3 Who shot J.C.?” (Jewell Cross) by Nia Jai on Railroads and Cotton
• DALGARNO – “Dalgarno and Dunbar Wedding, 1888” by M. Diane Rogers on Newdale, Manitoba, Canada – Genealogy
• DANIELS – “#2 Richard Daniels” by Cheri Daniels on Journeys Past
• DARGAVEL – “#3 Frederick James Dargavel (1901-1987)” by Pam Schaffner on Digging Down East
• DASHER – “#3 Susan C. Dasher’s Farm” by Catherine Pendleton on The Pendleton Genealogy Post
• DEAL – “A Farmer, Dad and Hero” (Simon F. Deal) on Bowling For Ancestors
• DEBOLT – “George Debolt, Old School Baptist Minister” by Amy Johnson Crow on No Story Too Small
• DELL – “Week 1 Isaac Dell, Plasterer of Birmingham c1744-1810” on Joynealogy
• DESGROSEILLIERS – “#3 Eugène Desgroseilliers and His Baptism Record” by Yvonne Demoskoff on Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog
• DEVINE – “Finding Ilo’s Son, Lee Devine” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
• DICKINSON – “#3 In Memory of Mom a Year After Her Death” (Alice Vivian Dickinson) by Karen Batchelor on Extreme Ancestry
• DOLLARHIDE – “Bettie Little” on Relative Storyboards
• DONAT-MAGNIN – “#3 Marcel Donat-Magnin” by Marine on Dans les branches (in French)
• DUMPROPE – “#3 John & Barsheba (Delong) Dumprope” by judysue on Little BIts of Roots & Branches
• ENGDAHL – “#3 Olga Wilhelmina Engdahl Poe (1894-1954)” by Karen Blackmore on Karen’s Genealogy Oasis
• ENGLAND – “#3: J. Irving England, Businessman, Philanthropist” by Leah on Genealogy in West Brookfield, MA
• ESPOSITO – “Week 1 – Annmary Esposito” by William Achnitz on The Genealogy of William Achnitz III
• ESTERBERG – “#3 Walter Alfred Esterberg” by dgfamilyhistorian on I’m Proud to Be the Family Historian
• FANNING – “Maude Fanning” by M. Diane Rogers on Newdale, Manitoba, Canada – Genealogy
• FENNELL – “#3 Edward Fennell & Minnie Murphy Scandal” on Jenna’s Gene Weblog
• FENNELL – “#2 Nora Fennell – Her Love & Labor of Mission Dolores Church” on Jenna’s Gene Weblog
• FERRES – “#2 John Ferres” by Maureen on Exploring Family
• FIELDER – “#3 James Robert Leonard Fielder” by Kirsty Gray on Family Wise Ltd
• FINDLEY – “Week 4 – Nancy Elizabeth Findley” by Ann Hinds on Yeakley/Jones Family History
• FOLEY – “John Foley (1863-1927)” by Ian Hadden on Ian Hadden’s Family History
• FREDERICK – “Week 3 – Rosannah Morgan (Frederick) Baker” on Shake Your Family Tree
• FURLANI – “#3 Candido Luigi Furlani” by Eileen Souza on Old Bones Genealogy
• GEESEY – “#3 The Geesey Cousins and the Hoop Mill Explosion” by genohio on Flowers on the Family Tree
• GLOVER – “Week 3: William Fisken Glover” by Jillian Glover on My Ain Folk
• GOODSON – “Week 3 – Ruth Sarah Goodson (the girl who married a dustman)” on From Mowat and Beyond
• GREEN(E) – “Week 3 – Caleb Green(e)” by Christy on Pajama Genealogy
• HARDESTY – “#3 Mary Graves Hardesty – An Unconventional Woman” by MaeveM on From My Material Stash
• HARRIS – “#3 James Edmund Harris” by Susie Reynolds on Our Families and Their Untold Stories
• HARRIS – “#2 John Robin Harris, Wine Merchant & Gentleman of Arms” on My Family History Research
• HEAD – “Bigger Head” by Michelle on My Family History
• HENN – “#3 Samuel Hartman 1809-1864” by Jo Allison Henn on Climbing My Family Tree
• HERMAN – “#3 Augustin Herman – A Bohemian’s Tale” by Beth on A Buckeye Tree
• HERNDON – “#2 Ms. Julia Estelle Herndon – Dillard University’s Delta Dear” by Nia Jai on Railroads and Cotton
• HILL – “Cotton Picking Days: Albert Josiah Hill” by Cathy Sowders Fern on Remember Me – Remember Me
• HILL – “Where WAS She Born?” (Mabell Georgianna Manderson (Hill) Burrell by Jennifer Shoer on The Scrappy Genealogist
• HOGSETT – “#2 Robert Hogsett and the Great Train Crash in Pennsylvania” by mvillhauer on Branching Out: My Family Tree
• HOLLE – “#1 Gustav Holle – The Man Who Started It All (My Genealogical Search That Is)” by mvillhauer on Branching Out: My Family Tree
• HOUDESHELL – “James Benjamin Houdeshell (1842-1926)” by Kristen Hocker on Kris Hocker’s /genealogy
• HUBOU – “#3 Guillaume Hubou (? – 1653)” by Diane on Genealogy on My Mind
• HUBOU – “#3 Guillaume Hubou (? – 1653)” by Diane on Généalogie en tête (in French)
• IRWIN – “David Irwin & Helen Tomblin” by M. Diane Rogers on CanadaGenealogy, or, ‘Jane’s Your Aunt’
• JACOBS – “#3: What Happened to Joe Jacobs?” by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
• JAEGER – “Fredrick Jaeger” by Terri O’Connell on Finding Our Ancestors
• JAMIESON – “Week 3 – Jeannie Morrison Jamieson Milne” by Sharon Simms on 52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks
• JEFFERY – “#3 Robert Jeffery” by Patricia Dever on I Remember You…
• JONES – “#3 John Jones” by Niki Davis on Rooted in Foods
• KELLER – “Week #2 – Katherine Viola Keller” by Jessica on Carlson and Carrico Family History
• KILLIAN – “Sally Killian Sawyer (1812-1881)” by Susan Clark on Nolichucky Roots
• KING – “Week 3 – Martha Elizabeth King” by Michelle on My Family History
• KINNEY – “#3 Andrew Kinney, Sr.” by William Wheeler on Wheeler Genealogy
• KOPPETSCH – “No. 3 – Paul Hugo Rudolf Koppetsch” by Barbara Schmidt on Barbara Schmidt
• KRUEGER – “Shirley Helen Krueger” by Jennifer Alford on Jenealogy
• JEFFREY – “Week 3 – Jeffrey Girls” by Laura Cosgrove Lorenzana on The Last Leaf on This Branch
• JIMENEZ – “My Great-Grandmother Victoria Jimenez” by Colleen Greene on Colleen and Jeff’s Roots
• JOHNSON – “#3 Emil Johnson” by Yvonne on Swedish Thoughts
• JOHNSON – “Thomas and Rachel (Johnson) Johnson” by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard on Diggin’ Up Graves
• JOHNSTON – “#3 Janet Love nee Johnston” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
• JOLLETT – “#3 Thomas Jollett” by Wendy on Jollett Etc.
• JONES – “Aunt Carrie (Carrie I. Jones) – Week 1“by Jill Hill on The Life and Times of Trixie Jones
• JONES – “Week 3 – Dr. E.A. Jones (Papa Jones) – The First Doctor in Amarillo, Texas” by Jill Hill on The Life and Times of Trixie Jones
• JONES – “Rachel Jones (1809-1897)” by Kristen on Kris Hocker’s /genealogy
• JUDGE – “#3 William Judge, Invisible Man” by Kathy Nemaric on KJN Genealogy
• KRING – “Week 3 – The Unknown Uncle – Owen D. Kring” by Paul on Ups and Downs of Family History
• LAMMON – “Sins of the…” on Generations Gone By’s Weblog
• LANGHORNE – “James Steptoe Langhorne – Born Into Wealth and Privilege, Moved Into a Life of Trial and Tragedy” by Helen Holshouser on Heart of a Southern Woman
• LANGLEY – “Week 3: Lillie Langley Thole, An Example for Everyone” by Fran Ellsworth on Branching Out Through the Years
• LARSEN – “#3 Andreas Larsen of Hundhammer” by Karen on Ancestor Soup
• LAVENDER – “#3 Rhoda Ann Lavender” by Linda McCauley on Documenting the Details
• LEISTEN – “#2 August Leisten” on A Couple of Whiles
• LEMON – “Wk 3 – Ethel Lemon” by Kim Robinson on Laney’s Past
• LEWIS – “Florence M. Lewis Myers Hunter – #3” by Shannon Thomas on Our Life Picture by Picture
• LīCīTE – “#3 Ieva Līcīte” on Discovering Latvian Roots
• LINGAR – “Phebe Ellen (Lingar) Baker – A Life Cut Short” on Shake Your Family Tree
• LOCK(E) – “Week 3 – ‘I Am Blind, I Can Not See’ – Francis Marion Lock(e)” by Aymee Lubinski on My Ancestor’s Leaves
• LOVELAND – “#3 Mary Ann Loveland, Teacher, Botanist, Mathematician, Daughter” by Liz Loveland on My Adventures in Genealogy
• LYMAN – “Following Edward Walter Lyman” by Patricia “Pat” Armstrong Watkins on AfriGeneans Talking
• MAHL – “Week 3 – Daniel Mahl” by tonihime on Toni’s Journal
• MANSDERFER – “#2 Louisa Mansderfer Roessler” by Jodi Spade Roessler on Braiding Trees
• MARRERO – “#3 Mercedes Ortiz Marrero (1903-1984)” by Luis Rivera on Genealogy Under Construction
• MARTIN – “Who Was Margaret Martin of Grant County, Wisconsin?” by Genie Holt on My Missing Cousins
• MASON – “4 – Finding Florence Adelaide Mason” by ScotSue on Family History Fun
• MATHIESEN – “#2 Louise Mathiesen (1890-1950)” on Maguidhirish Genealogy
• McGUIGAN – “Mamie McGuigan – Remembering Grandma” by Barbara Murphy on My Family’s Branches and Twigs
• McINTIRE – “#2 Daisy McIntire Vickers 1888-1965” by Andrea Musgrove Perisho on After Toil Comes Rest
• MIOTTEL – “#3 Clara E. Moittel” by Amy Urman on The Genealogy Search
• MORSE – “#2 Stephen Morse (1803-1886)” by Pam Schaffner on Digging Down East
• MUSGROVE – “#1 Grace Odessa Musgrove 1913-1940” by Andrea Musgrove Perisho on After Toil Comes Rest
• MUSGROVE – “W3: He was a train driver… well, they said he was” (William John Musgrove) by Simon on The Branches of My Tree
• MYRICK – “Week #3 – Mary Melissa Myrick Sutton” by Terri Buster on Genealogy Junkie
• NELSON – “Week 1: M. E. Nelson” by famfinder4 on The Stories Found Among the Leaves
• NEWMAN – “#2 James Williams Newman” on Elusive Ancestor Hunter
• NICHOLS – “#4 Rufus Samuel Nichols” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• NIEHAUS – “#3 Anna Niehaus Donahue’s News, 1875-1957” by Nancy on Indiana Ties
• NIFONG – “#3 Mary Esther Nifong” by J E Brooks on Brooks/Norton Beginnings
• NIGHTLINGER – “Week 2 – Fred Nightlinger” by Christy on Pajama Genealogy
• NORTON – “#2 Laura Kay Norton Francis” by Jeannie on Woodie’s Web
• OGLESBY – “Daniel Oglesby, ‘North of the Blue Ridge’” by Denise Lemon Knapp on Roots and Branches
• O’NEILL – “John Graham O’Neill (1895-1979)” by Ian Hadden on Ian Hadden’s Family History
• OPPENHEIM – “#3 Ralph Oppenheim” by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way
• PARDEE – “#4 George Pardee” by Celia Lewis on Twigs and Trees
• PARIS – “#3 Myrtle Mae Paris” by Kathleen on Ancestry Search
• PARRISH – “#3 – John Parrish” by Candy Ditkowski on Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy
• PETERSEN (PEDERSEN) – “Week 2: P.C. Petersen (Pedersen)” by famfinder4 on The Stories Found Among the Leaves
• PETERSON – “Matilda Peterson Gretzinger” by Michelle on We Cannot Know Them All
• PLUMMER – “Week 3: Francis Plummer” by Michelle Rasmussen on Leaves and Nuts
• POLLY (maiden name unknown) – “Week 3 – Lydia Margaret ?? Polly (1828-1912)” by Lisa Gorrell on Mam-ma’s Southern Family
• PRESTON – “#3 James P. Preston” by Dr. Bill Smith on Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories
• PULLEYBLANK – “#1 George Henry Pulleyblank” by Gail on Family History Etc.
• PYATT – “#2 William Pyatt” by Kathi on Scoop’s Scoop
• RAND – “#3 Kate Maria (Rand) Hodsdon” by The Down East Genealogist on Pine Trees and Pedigrees
• RECTOR – “Hance Rector, Born Circa 1857, Madison County, North Carolina” by Piper Ontero on What Do You Mean We’re Irish?
• REEDER – “Glenn Reeder (1890-1965)” by Miles Meyer on Our Ancestories
• REYNOLDS – “#3 Mary Reynolds” by Jodie Mansuy on The Late Night Genealogist
• RIFFE – “Mollie Riffe (1859-1883)” by Jill Hill on The Life and Times of Trixie Jones
• ROARK – “2 – Mable Allie Roark” by Angela on What Was Their Story
• ROBINSON – “#2 John Robinson (1861? – 1894)” by pwhite on Who ARE You People?
• ROBINSON – “3rd Week Nell (Robinson) Sanburg” by larrytom2 on larrysgroup
• ROGERS – “Roping and Wrangling with the Rogers Family” on GeneaDiva’s History, Genealogy and “Stuff”
• ROSS – “No. 3 Floyd Reginald Ross” by Kale Liam Hobbes on Your Roots Are Showing, Dearie
• ROSS – “#1: James S. Ross” by Jodie Mansuy on The Late Night Genealogist
• RUDIG – “Week #3, Valentin Rudig AKA Valentine Ruthig” by Carol Bown Stevens on Reflections From the Fence
• SCHAFFUSER – “#2 Thérèse Schaffuser” by Marine on Dans les branches (in French)
• SCHOONOVER – “#3 Samuel Schoonover” by Tina Marie Chase on Random
• SHAFFER – “Week 3 – Jacob Shaffer” by Jenn Merry on Descendants of the Shaffer and Zirkle Family
• SMITH – “#3 Joseph Smith” by Joanne Clyde on Do You Know the Muffin Man?
• STARGEL – “Week 4: Ila Stargel Jones” on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• STEVENS – “#3 William John Stevens” by Family Sleuther on Ancestry Addict
• STEWART – “#2 Odessa Stewart” by Jodie Mansuy on The Late Night Genealogist
• STRANGE – “#2 Ignatius Strange” by Chelsea on All Roads Lead to Jones
• SVED – “#4 John Sved: 1930-2014” by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way
• TENNISON – “#2. Levi Tennison” by Patricia Rohn on Shaking the Tree
• TIPLER – “Week 3: Ann Matilda Tipler Peck” by cosmokids on Our Family Tree Tales
• TOURVILLE – “#2 Louis Tourville (1838-1895)” by Diane Tourville on Généalogie en tête (in French)
• TREVILLIAN – “#2 – Frederick John Trevillian” by Sherie Curran on The Genealogy Bug
• TROTTER – “#1 Sam Trotter” by JessLibrarian on Genie Roadtrip
• TUCKER – “#3 The ‘Tucker Maneuver’” (Robert Dennard Tucker” by Schalene Dagutis on Tangled Roots and Trees
• TURNIPSEED – “#2 Newton LeGrande & Edward Scott Turnipseed” by Juli D. Quinteros de Hernandez on Life in the Past Lane
• VAN METER – “He Did More for a Sick Young Soldier Than Any Medical Attention Ever Could” (James Downing Van Meter” by Cindy Freed on Genealogy Circle
• VOSSLER – “#3 George Vossler” by Elizabeth Richards on Scrapping My Family History
• WADDELL – “#2 Joseph H. Waddell” by Linda Woodward Geiger on My Family Research
• WADDELL – “#1 Sara Waddell” by Linda Woodward Geiger on My Family Research
• WAGNER – “#3 Teresa Mary Wagner” on A Couple of Whiles
• WARNER – “The Untimely Death of Joseph Warner” by Kathy on Study by Night
• WATERMAN – “#3 – Dr. Homer Clark Waterman – Mason” by Jana Last on Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
• WEBB – “#2 Zephaniah Theron Webb” by Daniel Sample on My Genealogical Quest
• WEBER – “Week #2 – William Weber” by Jennifer Bradshaw on Peterson, Jacob, Weber, Folche, Stone, Newburg Family Tree
• WEST – “Edward West, My Rabble-Rousing 87-Year-Old Grandfather” by Jennifer Dunn on Jennealogy
• WHITCOMB – “Week 3” (Richard Whitcomb) by Dawn Kluka on Johnson Kluka Genealogy
• WININGER – “#1: John Alexander Wininger” by Chelsea on All Roads Lead to Jones
• WITHERELL – “#3 Gard Cyrus Witherell” by NikiMarie on My People in History
• WOODBURN – “No. 3 Benjamin C. Woodburn” by Caroll on Trace Your Genealogy
• WOODWARD – “#4 Daniel R. Woodward” by Linda Woodward Geiger on My Family Research
• WOODWARD – “#3 Oscar H. Woodward” by Linda Woodward Geiger on My Family Research
• WRIGHT – “#3 Elizabeth Wright-Click-Acord-Reeves” by Gwen Eads on Eads and Allied Families
• VOLLICK – “Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Vollick, the Blacksheep of the Family” by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy
• ZAUGG – “#3 Jacob Zaugg” by Diana Ritchie on Random Relatives