Fascinating stories this week. Fran Jensen’s grandpa found out at age 65 that the name he used wasn’t the name he was given at birth — and that he had 7 more siblings that he knew nothing about. Jana Last shared her Civil War ancestor’s photo album. Be prepared to drool… a lot.
My ancestor this week was Thomas Andrew Young, my great-great grandfather whom I suspect was a founding member of ZZ Top.
Curious about the numbers? 238 posts this week.
- AGEMENT – “Jacques Agement Son dit Martin, French Soldier in the French and Indian War” by Susan McNelley on Tracings by SAM
- AKERS – “Blackburn Akers, Revolutionary Soldier” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- AKERS – “Little Jim Akers” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- ALLEE – “#4 Thomas Merrill Allee of Pueblo County, Colorado” by Elizabeth Richards on Scrapping My Family History
- ANDERSON – “#3 Margaret Anderson, The Nurturer” by Vera Marie Badertscher on Ancestors in Aprons
- ARTIS – “Daniel Artis” by Lisa Y. Henderson on Scuffalong: Genealogy
- BACKMAN – “#2 Edith Louise Backman” by Candy Kammerman on Candy’s Family Maze
- BAILEY – “#4 Edward Carleton Bailey (1849-1926)” by Jo Allison Henn on Climbing My Family Tree
- BAILEY – “#2 William King Bailey” by JessLibrarian on Genie Roadtrip
- BAKER – “Hannah Baker Church: Wife, Mother and Quaker Preacher” on Relative Musings
- BANCROFT – “#4 PS Bancroft – 3 Careers and a War” (Peter Sanford Bancroft) by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
- BARRETT – “#4 Lela Mandy Barrett” by Terri on Genealogy Junkie
- BARRON – “The Will of Barnabas Barron” on GeneaDiva’s History, Genealogy and “Stuff”
- BARTSCHI/BARTCHEY – “#4 Anna Barbara Bartschi/Bartchey” by Diana Ritchie on Random Relatives
- BASHOR – “Martha Bashor Hibsch Collett” by Denise Hibsch Richmond on Denise Digs Roots
- BAUTISTA – “Week 3 – Rosalia Garcia Bautista” by William Achnitz on The Genealogy of William Achnitz III
- BEAUVAIS – “#4 Juliette Beauvais – 10 Facts” by Yvonne Demoskoff on Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog
- BÉGUELIN – “#4 Valérie Béguelin” by Marine on Dans les branches (in French)
- BELNAP – “#4 Rosel Belnap” by J. E. Brooks on Brooks/Norton Beginnings
- BENGEL – “Week 3” (Emilie Bengel) by Janna on Tree Detective
- BEVINS – “#2 Joseph Bevins (Sr)” by Marcy Belles on 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
- BICKERSTAFF – “A Case of Second Sight” (William Bickerstaff) by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
- BIGELOW – “#3 Editha Bigelow” by Wendy Littrell on All My Branches Genealogy
- BIRD – “#3 Annie Caroline Bird” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
- BIRD – “W4: Georgie and the New Fangled Motor Car” (George Coveney Bird) by Simon on The Branches of My Tree
- BITTINGER – “#3 Hannah Bittinger” by Daniel Sample on My Genealogical Quest
- BLACKMORE – “#4 Clifford Franklin Blackmore (1890-1970)” by Karen on Karen’s Genealogy Oasis
- BLANCHETTE – “4 Louis Blanchette” on SallySearches
- BOBERT – “#4 Johann Wilhelm Boberg of Ohrbeck, Germany” on Elusive Ancestor Hunter
- BOND – “Sgt. Wright Bond: Minute Man and Revolutionary Soldier” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- BOYDEN – “#3: Thomas Boyden” by Bill West on West in New England
- BRACKLEY – “#4 Betsey Brackley (1813-1891)” by Pam Schaffner
- BRAGG – “#2 Rachel Anna Lara Bragg” by Pat on Book of Ancestry
- BRIGGS – “Week 4: Levi Evans Briggs” by Michelle Rasmussen on Leaves and Nuts
- BROWN – “#2 Daniel Brown (1812-1869)” by Julie Goucher on Anglers Rest
- BROWN – “#3 BROWN, Firman (1867-1949)” by custer2custer on A Tangled Trail
- BROWN – “#1 BROWN, Jesse Donald (aka Peter Boy Brown) 1924-1984” on A Tangled Trail
- BROWN – “#1 Roy Jesse Brown” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
- BRYAN – “#4 Myrtie Marie Bryan” by Diana on Moments in Time
- BUDD – “#1 Mary King nee Budd (1744-1817)” by Julie Goucher on Anglers Rest
- BURRELL – “Charles Alvin Burrell” by Jennifer Shoer on The Scrappy Genealogist
- BUTLER – “My Father 1944-1986” (Billie Butler) by Susan Meek on The 52 Ancestors Challenge
- CACKLEY – “William H. Cackley of Pocahontas Co. VA, Lieutenant in the War of 1812” by Susan McNelley on Tracings by SAM
- CHAUDOIN – “Joel John Chaudoin” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
- CHAVERS – “Andrew Jackson and Nathan Chavers” by Pam on Our Own History
- CHEVALIER – “No. 1 – Julia Chevalier” by Brenda Smith on Branching Out
- CLARKE – “#2 Alice Clarke” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
- CLOUTIER – “#4, Célina (Cloutier) Rabideau” by The Down East Genealogist on Pine Trees and Pedigrees
- CLYMER – “#4 Hixie Garner Clymer” by Laura Johnston on Getting Started in Genealogy
- COBB – “Week 4 – Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb” by Christy on Pajama Genealogy
- COCKBURN – “John Cockburn, Jr.” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
- COLLINS – “#5 Mamie Catherine Collins Nichols” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- COOK – “#3 John Levi Cook – Mass Regiment, Drummer” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
- COSKREY – “#1 The Coskreys of County Down, Ireland” on Once Upon a Chromosome
- COUGHLIN – “#4 Glassblowers in the 1800’s” (William Henry Coughlin) by Cindi Foreman on MoynahanGenealogy
- COYLE – “Week #4: Helen Coyle” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
- DAVEY – “#4 Ebenezer Davey” by Maureen on Exploring Family
- DAVEY – “#3 Mary Davey” by Maureen on Exploring Family
- DIABIK – “Oops, I Missed a Week” (Pauline Diabik Puchak and Mary Diabik Diabik) by Julie on A Family Tree Grown in Brooklyn (& CA & IA)
- DIGGINS – “Timothy Paul Diggins 1893-1947” on Who Were They?
- DONALD – “James Donald” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
- DONALD – “#1 Maggie Donald” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
- DOWDS – “Rosannah Dowds” by Ian Hadden on Ian Hadden’s Family History
- DUDLEY – “#4 Emily Lily Dudley” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
- DUNCAN – “Reverend William Robert Duncan, Martyr” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- DUNTON – “#3: The Short Life of Byron Dunton (1872-1900)” on Who ARE You People?
- EBERHARD – “#4 Roy D. Eberhard, World War I Soldier” by Shelley Ballenger Bishop on A Sense of Family
- ELLISON – “#1: Caroline Ellison Bryant” by Andrea Kelleher on How Did I Get Here?
- ELSON – “Great Grandmother Alice Elson” by Susan Toulson on Genea-addict
- FAYTON – “#4: Where in North Carolina Are William & Sarah Fayton?” by Nia Jai on Railroads and Cotton
- FELIX – “Week 2” (Sebastian Felix” by Janna on Tree Detective
- FLORES – “Ancestor 4: Julian Flores Rumored to Have Left Family to Join Pancho Villa” by Judy Everett Ramos on Fort Worth Genealogy Examiner
- FOGLIO – “#2 Antoinette Foglio” by Melanie Tafaro on Melanie’s Genealogy Journey
- FOLKMAN – “Jane Zina Petrina Folkman Skeen” on thegenealogygirl
- FOLSCHE – “Week #4 – Emma Folsche Jacobs” by Jennifer Bradshaw on Peterson, Jacob, Weber, Folche, Stone, Newburg Family Tree
- FRENDAHL – “#4 Ole Mattis Brevik Frendahl, Looking For the Rest of the Story” by Karen on Ancestor Soup
- FRIEDMANN – “Memories of My Oma” (Frieda Friedmann Bissinger) by Andrew Greene on Brainripples
- FUSSELL – “Week 5 – Martha Mary Fussell” by Ann Hinds on Yeakley/Jones Family History
- GARDNER – “#3 Nathaniel Gardner” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
- GILL – “52 Ancestors #1” (Frank Morrison Gill) by Joan McHale on The Lopsided Tree
- GILL – “When One Wife Isn’t Enough” (Frank Morrison Gill’s 1st Family) by Joan McHale on The Lopsided Tree
- GILL – “Where Did Uncle George Get Too?” (George Morrison Gill) by Joan McHale on The Lopsided Tree
- GILL – “Uncle Harry With Transposed Numbers” (Harry Morrison Gill) by Joan McHale on The Lopsided Tree
- GLOVER – “Week Four: William Glover” by Jillian Glover on My Ain Folk
- GRAHAM – “#1 James Graham” by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors
- GRAHAM – “#2 John Graham” by Rhosyncoch on Stalking the Dead
- GRIFFIN – “Mary” (Mary Griffin Amirault) by KBruynell on Getting to Know You
- GRISWOLD – “#5 Deborah Griswold” by Celia Lewis on Twigs and Trees
- GRUNSST – “#4 Katharine Grunsst, Grunst or Jungst?” by Nancy Niehaus Hurley on Indiana Ties
- GUTHRIE – “#4 Peter Guthrie (1797-1888)” by Jo on Full Circle Famiy History Blog
- HAGERL – “#5 Margaret Hagerl” by NikiMarie on My People in History
- HAINES – “The Careers of John Galatis Haines (Week #4)” by Linda on Passage to the Past’s Blog
- HALL – “A Life Changing Aunt” (Ellen Maria Sophia (Hall) Nichols) by Linda on Passage to the Past’s Blog
- HALL – “William Hall (1840-1922)” by Miles Meyer on Our Ancestories
- HANCOCK – “Private Garnett Hancock, World War Two Veteran (1912-1994)” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- HANCOCK – “William Hancock, Planter of Jamestown” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- HARMON – “#4 Rhoda Harmon Lineberry” by Donna Brown on DonnaB’s Weblog
- HARRY – “#4 Isaac Harry – A Union Soldier” by MaeveM on From My Material Stash
- HEDDLE – “Mary Heddle” by Karen Acker on Karen’s Kin
- HIGGINBOTHAM – “#4 Rufus Francis Higginbotham, Sr.” by Susie Reynolds on Our Families and Their Untold Stories
- HILL – “#3 Mary Anne Hill” by Cheri Daniels on Journeys Past
- HINDMAN – “Thomas Jefferson Hindman” by kbea831 on Relative Storyboards
- HOLT – “#4 Hannah Holt: Home, Hearth and Nimble Fingers” on starryblackness
- HORTON – “#4 Phebe Horton” on A Couple of Whiles
- HOUSE – “#4 Mary Adaline House” by Wendy Littrell on All My Branches Genealogy
- HOUSTON – “#3 Ida Faye Houston Ulicnik Kotrla Schutz” by Juli D. Quinteros de Hernandez
- HOWVER – “George Howver of Singers Glen, VA, Confederate Soldier in the American Civil War” by Susan McNelley on Tracings by SAM
- HUBBARD – “Grand Theft Equine” (Joseph Houston Hubbard) on Generations Gone By’s Weblog
- HUTCHINSON – “Ding dong, the Wicked Witch of Salem” (Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart) on Looking through the Lens of a Millennial Genealogist’s Facebook page
- HUTSON – “James Hutson Abandoned Family” by Denise Hibsch Richmond on Denise Digs Roots
- IVEY – “#4 Lucy Ivey” by Catherine Pendleton on The Pendleton Genealogy Post
- JACOBS – “Week 3: Fredrick Jacobs” by Jennifer Bradshaw on Peterson, Jacob, Weber, Folche, Stone, Newburg Family Tree
- JOHANNESSON – “Week #4 Anders Göran Johannesson” by Yvonne on Swedish Thoughts
- JOHANSEN – “Johan Roy Tolve Johansen” by Fran Jensen on Heart of Story
- JOHANSEN – “Roy T. Johansen” by Fran Jensen on Heart of Story
- JOHNSON – “Strangeman Johnson (Strong-muhn) and the Strange Mystery He Has Left For Us” by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard on Diggin’ Up Graves
- JOHNSTON – “Wk 4 – Eliza Johnston” by Kim Robinson on Laney’s Past
- JOLLETT – “That OTHER Jollett Family” (James Jollett) by Wendy on Jollett Etc.
- JONAS – “Ella Martha Marie Jonas” by Terri O’Connell on Finding Our Ancestors
- KEENE – “#4 Swansey Langley Keene” by Kirsty Gray on Family Wise Ltd
- KERSE – “Eight-Year-Old Drowns!” (Thomas Philip Kerse, Jr.) by Helen Youngblood Holshouser on Heart of a Southern Woman
- KING – “#1 Edward Irvine King” by Rhosyncoch on Stalking the Dead
- KLEINSTUCK – “#4 – Augusta Wanda Kleinstuck Kosack” by Cheryl Miller on Shaking Cheryl’s Family Tree
- LAFFERTY – “Week 4: Lydia (Lafferty) Skiles” by Cherie Atkinson Clark on Still Digging for Roots
- LAMBERT – “Week 4 – Elizabeth Lambert” by Jenn Merry on Descendants of the Shaffer and Zirkle Family
- LaMERE – “Week 1” (Salome LaMere Landry) by Melanie Tafaro on Melanie’s Genealogy Journey
- LANCASTER – “Week 4 – Orem Lancaster” by Cathy G. on Orlandel Creations
- LAYTON – “#3 Emma May Layton 1917-1940” by Jeannie on Woodie’s Web
- LEA – “Week 4: Charles Bunce Lea 1837-1909” on Joynealogy
- LICHTENTHAL – “#6 – In Recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day and To Honor the Memory of My Maternal Grandfather, Paul Lichtenthal” by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way
- LIEPA – “#4 Anna Liepa” on Discovering Latvian Roots
- LOGUE – “#3 Daniel Logue, Jr. – My Artistic Inspiration” by Patricia Rohn on Shaking the Tree
- LONG – “#3: Frances Long (1803-1885)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
- LOUGEE – “#5 Olive May Lougee Eldredge” by Kessara on Of Loons and Lady Slippers
- LUNN – “#3 Wilford Guy Lunn” by Candy Kammerman on Candy’s Family Maze
- LYMAN – “#4 Sarah (Lyman) Bridgman, Witch Accuser, Wife, Mother, Immigrant, Friend” by Liz Loveland on My Adventures in Genealogy
- MacDONALD – “The Only Photo I Have” (George Stewart MacDonald and Helen Marshall) by Kathy on Study By Night
- MAHER – “Katherine Maher Uhler” on livesentwined
- MARK – “#2 Ivy R. Mark” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
- MARSHALL – “James Joseph Marshall 1858-1936” on Who Were They?
- MARSHALL – “‘Millie’ Marshall” on The Ancestry Angel
- MARTIN – “Ancestor #1 John Eldridge Martin” by Candy Kammerman on Candy’s Family Maze
- MASON – “#4 – Francis William John Mason, British Army” by Kathy Nemaric on KJN Genealogy
- McCORMACK – “#4 The Case of William McCormack” on My Family History Research
- McGINN – “#4 Christopher McGinn” by Eileen A. Souza on Old Bones Genealogy
- McGOVERN – “#4 Another Short Life: Mary Ann McGovern Dunton Crowley (1873-1910)” on Who ARE You People?
- McGRIFF – “#4: Fannie McGriff” by NikiMarie on My People in History
- MEACHAM – “No. 5, Kate Meacham” by Brad on Montanatude
- MILLER – “#4 Ellen Rebecca Miller [Preston]” by Dr. Bill Smith on Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories
- MILLER – “Evaline Louise Miller Ferverda (1857-1939)” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained
- MILLER – “#3 Lorenz Müller from Berne to Laurence Miller of Otter Creek, Indiana” on Elusive Ancestor Hunter
- MILLER – “The Day a Generation Died” (Sebe Cyril Miller, Jr.) by Myra Vanderpool Gormley on Shaking Family Trees
- MOGRIDGE – “Jessie Mogridge 1867-1938” by Gail on Family History Etc.
- MOLDER – “Week #4 – Maria Eva Molder/Molter” by Carol on Reflections From the Fence
- MÖLLER – “No. 4 – A Family Or Not?” (Helene Louise Christine Möller) by Barbara Schmidt
- MOORE – “#4 George Melvin Moore” by Niki Davis on Rooted in Foods
- MORGAN – “Sarah Jarman (Morgan) Boone, The Woman Behind the Legend” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- MORRIS – “#4 Mary F. Morris” by Linda McCauley on Documenting the Details
- MOSHER – “#2 Julia Maria Mosher Gaffney” by Bob and Debbie Biggs on Bob & Debbie’s Next BIGGS Adventure
- MULHOLLAN – “Rudolph Mulhollan (1766-1855)” by Kris Hocker on Kris Hocker’s /genealogy
- MURPHY – “#3 Thomas Nicholas Murphy” by Barbara Murphy on My Family’s Branches and Twigs
- NICHOLS – “Lena Mae Nichols O’Neal” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- NORTON – “#3 Sarah Norton – Murdered!” by Arlene Baker on Moore Views From the Family Tree
- O’CONNOR – “#5: Ellen O’Connor Marshall 1866-1936” by Purslaneforever on Who Were They?
- O’NEILL – “#4 Anne O’Neill” by Joanne Clyde on Do You Know the Muffin Man?
- OUTHOUSE – “#1 Emily Outhouse Lamb” by Hiztorybuff on Rattling the Bones
- PARK – “#2 Mary Ann Park (1837-1897)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
- PATERSON – “Johnston Cumberland Paterson” by Jacqueline Foster on My Journey Back
- PECK – “Ruth Florence Peck” by Linda Schreiber on GenealogyRambles
- PELLETIER – “Week 4 – Joseph Pelletier (the Carnegie Hero)” by Kaila Johnston on From Mowat and Beyond
- PORTER – “#1 Patrick Porter” by Marcy Belles on 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
- RAUSCHENBACH – “Elmer L. Rauschenback 1903-1990” by Susan Meek on The 52 Ancestors Challenge
- RAUSCHENBACH – “Richard Roy Rauschenbach 1922-2001” by Susan Meek on The 52 Ancestors Challenge
- RAUSCHENBACH – “Roger Ray Rauschenbach 1933-2003” by Susan Meek on The 52 Ancestors Challenge
- RICHARDS – “Christopher Richards, Sr. (1802-1892) Lost 5 Sons in the War” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- RICHARDS – “Clarissa ‘Betty’ Richards Williams” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- RICHARDSON – “#4 Rebecca Alice (Richardson) Coulman” by jenasmart on Jen’s Genealogy Pages
- RIFFE – “Annie Gertrude Riffe-Jones” by Jill Hill on The Life and Times of Trixie Jones
- RINEHART – “#4: The Rinehart Brothers of Crawford County, Ohio” by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
- ROBERTS – “#6: Hiram Hills Roberts” by Kessara on Of Loons and Lady Slippers
- ROBERTS – “#2 ROBERTS, Mary Florence (aka Florence Brown) 1884-1963” on A Tangled Trail
- ROEMER – “Philip Roemer of Franklin Co. PA, Fifer in the American Revolution” by Susan McNelley on Tracings by SAM
- ROESSLER – “#4 Edward Roessler” by mvillhauer on Branching Out: My Family Tree
- ROGERS – “George William Rogers, Vancouver, BC” by M. Diane Rogers on CanadaGenealogy, or, “Jane’s Your Aunt”
- ROWDEN – “English War Bride, Adopted Californian” (Joan Evelyn Rowden) on Bowling for Ancestors
- RUBY – “The Missing Ruby” (Leah Rhea Ruby) on Roots and Branches
- RUIZ – “#4 Pedro Dávila Ruiz (1884-1963)” by Luis Rivera on Genealogy Under Construction
- RUTH – “#2 – It Began With C. W. Ruth” by Deb Ruth on Adventures in Genealogy
- SCHMIETT – “#4 Bennie Schmiett (1915-2004)” by Scott on Finding My Ancestors
- SCHOONOVER – “#4 George Schoonover” by Tina Marie Chase on Random
- SCHULTZ – “#1 Carl Johann Schultz (1873-1967)” by Allison on Apple Tree Genealogy
- SEDOR – “Janos or Ivan Sedor (b. 1818)” by Susan Clark on Nolichucky Roots
- SELLERS – “#4 – William Eddins Sellers” by Charlie on Carolina Family Roots
- SEMPLE – “#4: Was Grandma’s Grandma a Hussy?” (Margaret Semple Muir) by Schalene Dagutis on Tangled Roots and Trees
- SHACKLEY – “Helen Paige Shackley – Librarian, 1st Woman to Become W. Brookfield Town Treasurer” by Leah on Genealogy in West Brookfield, MA
- SHAFFER – “#4 Susan Jane (Shaffer) Swick” by genohio on Flowers on the Family Tree
- SHERROD – “Celia Sherrod Carroll” by Judi Carroll-Thompson
- SIMS – “No. 4 – Theodocia R. Sims” by Caroll on Trace Your Genealogy
- SINCLAIR – “Week 4 – James Garrioch Sinclair” by Sharon Simms on 52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks
- SMITH – “Abbey Ardelle ‘Della’ (Smith) Carringer (1862-1944)” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
- SNYDER – “#4 – Elizabeth (Snyder) Bailey” by Chelsea on All Roads Lead to Jones
- SNYDER – “#1 Joseph K. Snyder” by Pat on Book of Ancestry
- SPIEGEL – “#5 Claire Theresia Spiegel” by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way
- SPINA – “Vincent Spina or ‘James Penn’ – Born 1874 Simbario, Calabria, Italy” by Piper Oneto on What Do You Mean We’re Irish?
- STAAF – “No. 4: Anne Reibold” (Anne Staaf Reibold) by Tim on Photo Restorations by Tim G.
- STAPP – “#4 Isaac Stapp” by Lacey Frazier on Branches and Twigs
- STEINMETZ – “#4 Mary Steinmetz” by Kathleen on Ancestry Search
- STEPHENS – “She Saved Me So Much Time and Money!” (Gilbert Stephens) by Peggy Lauritzen on Always Anxiously Engaged
- STEVENS – “#4 Bernice Myrtle Stevens O’Connor” by Family Sleuther on Ancestry Addict
- STIGLER – “Week 1” (Joseph Michael Stigler) by Janna on Tree Detective
- STONE – “#3 Lelah Beryl Stone” by Melanie Tafaro on Melanie’s Genealogy Journey
- STROUD – “Easie Mae Stroud” by Pam on Our Own History
- TAFF – “#3 Katharine Taff O’Neill” by Kathi on Scoop’s Scoop
- THOMAS – “4th Week: Evan Thomas” by Larry on larrysgroup
- THOMSEN – “Week 3: Anna (Ane) Mary (Marie) Thomsen Frost” by famfinder4 on The Stories Found Among the Leaves
- THORSON – “#4 Oscar Martin Thorson” on Notes From the Past
- TREAT – “#2 Gracy Treat” on Once Upon a Chromosome
- TROVILLE – “Frank Troville & Frank Tourville” by Diane on Genealogy on My Mind
- TROVILLE – “Frank Troville & Frank Tourville” by Diane on Généalogie en tête (in French)
- TYSON – “#1A Charles J. Tyson Meets Maria Griest: Letter to His Sister” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
- TYSON – “#1B Charles J. Tyson Gets Busy with Gettysburg & Other Work” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
- VALENTINE – “Jane Valentine (1724-1763)” by D. Taylor on D. Taylor’s Genealogy
- VANCE – “Week 4 Walter P. Lane Vance: The Man” by Fran Ellsworth on Branching Out Through the Years
- VOLLICK – “I Think I Am My Own Cousin” (Cornelius Vollick) by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
- WAGNER – “Week #4 – Anne Marie Wagner to Mary Wersel” by Laura Cosgrove Lorenzana on The Last Leaf On This Branch
- WAKEFIELD – “#3 Hunt for Henry Wakefield” by Deb Ruth on Adventures in Genealogy
- WARNICK – “#4 George Washington Warnick of Alabama” by Beverly McGowan Norman on Roots, Branches, and a Few Nuts
- WASHINGTON – “Anne Washington Wright” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
- WATSON – “Nina Mauvais Watson” by Brad on Montanatude
- WEBSTER – “#4 The Photo Album of a Civil War Veteran – Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster” by Jana Last on Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
- WILLIAMS – “She’s the Culprit!” (Mary Ellen Williams Marshall) by Cindy Freed on Genealogy Circle
- WILSON – “#4 Death of a Preacher Man” (Luther William Wilson) by Martha on Fascinated by the Dead
- WOODS – “John F. Woods, HQ Detachment 512 Military Policeman BN” on Who Were They?
- WOODS – “John Thomas Woods 1888-1967” on Who Were They?
- YOUNG – “I Think My Ancestor Was in ZZ Top” (Thomas Andrew Young) by Amy Johnson Crow on No Story Too Small
- other – “#4 The Woolen Mill Workers” by Dave Lucey on The eLuceydator
- other – “#3 Jezebel” on Notes From the Past
- other – “Non-human Family” by Kathy on Study by Night
Wow!! Well done on kepeing up with that many posts!! Off to do some reading….
Jo
Would you explain how your feedly works. I think I am mixed up and being missed because on my numbering and posting are off. Thanks
Feedly is a blog reader. I use it to keep track of the blogs that have said they are participating in the 52 Ancestors challenge. It lists all of the posts they do – not just the ones for the challenge. That’s why it’s important for the bloggers to include the phrase “52 Ancestors” somewhere in the post’s title. Otherwise, I have no idea which posts should be included in the recap. The week/ancestor number doesn’t matter. I look just for the phrase “52 Ancestors” in the title.
What a great list! Can’t wait to start reatding!! I think I made an error when posting my post for week 4. The “52 Ancestors” didn’t show up in the link. I didn’t realize until my Glesener name didn’t appear on your list. Sorry about that! The link to the post on my great, great grandfather Casper Glesener from Binsfeld, Weiswampach, Luxembourg to Chicago, IL is http://myancestorsleaves.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-first-experience-with-genealogy.html.
I’ll include it in next week’s recap, Aymee. As long as you have “52 Ancestors” somewhere in the title of the post, I should be able to spot it.
EDIT: I just noticed that you have #52Ancestors in the post title. Did you go back and change it? If so, maybe that’s what happened. Feedly probably grabbed the original title.
Yes, I changed it this morning. I originally had 52 Ancestors in the title, but the link didn’t pull it up.
Thanks!
I love these lists! My favorite part is not only seeing my posts (weirdly thrilling for me) but seeing if I can find any new relatives. I love this project; thank you!
I had a feeling when I posted my week 4 last night it probably wouldn’t get included in this week’s recap (yay procrastination!) but loving that somebody blogged about pets!! <3 Now I feel like I should mention mine in the family tree.
Hi Amy,
Thanks so much for doing this!! I did not see my blog in your list this week. http://ourfamilytreetales.blogspot.com/2014/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-4-my.html
I have been listed in the previous three weeks however. It’s not a problem, just wanted to make sure that I get on your list in the future!
I’m new to blogging, so if I need to do anything different, just let me know.
Thanks again!
You’re fine — the mistake was mine! I simply missed it
Sorry about that. I have it listed in next week’s recap.
Hello Amy, it’s me again. Just posted another ancestor and thinking this is where I should leave my link?
http://twincitiesblather.blogspot.com/2014/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-roland-welch.html
You don’t need to leave a link. I have your blog listed in Feedly. As long as you have “52 Ancestors” somewhere in the post’s title, I should be able to find it. Thanks!
Hi Amy –
I’m a little late to the 52 Ancestors party this week but just posted #4: The First Nonagenarian I Ever Knew. http://ow.ly/t4WLc. I could give you a big hug for lighting this fire under me to post this family history!
Hi Karen! Thanks for the kind words! I’m so glad you’ve taken the challenge — I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts!
NikiMarie said: >>My favorite part is … seeing if I can find any new relatives. I love this project; thank you!<<
I echo that sentiment!
Hey, I’ve posted another ancestor story on my blog Skeletons In The Closet. Since the entire blog is dedicated to the 52 Ancestor Challenge I never put 52 Ancestors in any of the titles. Also there was a little problem with the blog, but it should be ironed out by now. I’m enjoying reading about everyone’s ancestors.
Hi Lisa Anne! Glad you’ve been enjoying the challenge! I’ll go back to your blog and add the posts you’ve done so far in Wednesday’s recap. I hope you understand why I can’t assume that every post in a blog is for the challenge and why “52 Ancestors” needs to be in the posts’ titles for me to see them. (I did a post on using Feedly last week which shows how all of the posts show up. The only way I can find the posts for the challenge is by having “52 Ancestors” somewhere in the post title.) Thanks for understanding! ~~Amy
Just wanted you to know that I’ve posted another ancestor blog for the challenge. It’s called Big Dog Little Dog & the blog is Skeletons In The Closet.