Ok, now that you’ve had a chance to come down from the sugar rush from all of those Peeps and chocolate bunnies, take some time to read some great genealogy.

Marian Burk Wood tells about her ancestor Minnie Farkas tossing her engagement ring. Lizf shares a story of her great-aunt, a college student and money manager! Jenna shares stories of her bachelor uncle Paul and why she thinks it’s important to remember the relatives who never had children.

I have to bring to your attention “Remembering Grandpa” by Brian Zalewski. It’s not a 52 Ancestors post, but it beautifully describes why so many of us do what we do.

My contribution this week was about my 4th-great-grandfather John Hibbs of present-day Monongalia County, West Virginia — an ancestor I don’t know as well as I thought I did.

• ALFORD – “Martha E. Alford Brumfield: Great Great Grandma” by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale on Leaves & Branches
• ALMY – “Judson Almy – So Many Records!” by NikiMarie on My People in History
• AMIRAULT – “Oliver Amirault – He Died Where?!?” by Karen Bruynell on Getting to Know You
• BAKER – “Cecil Baldwin Baker – Boggabri to Queensland” on My Family History Research
• BARKER – “The Black Death” (Thomas and Alice Barker; also William and Mary Swindin) by Hilary on Looking Back
• BEAN – “Marble W. Bean – A Terrible Name and a Tragic Death” by genohio on Flowers on the Family Tree
• BIANCHI – “Peter Bianchi: My Great Uncle or Is He?” by Eileen A. Souza on Old Bones Genealogy
• BRISTOL – “Charles Brown Bristol – Montana Pioneer” by Arlene Baker on Moore Views From the Family Tree
• BRUCE – “Bruce, Robert I, King of Scots” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors [Note: I know “Bruce” isn’t technically the surname, but it seemed like a good place to put Ray’s entry.]
• BURNS – “Catherine Burns and Brother Bernard Burns – Ireland to Canada” on Joynealogy
• BYRON – “Sir John Byron” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• CACKLEY – “Jacob Fry Cackley: Twenty-one Things Gleaned From His Obituary” by Susan McNelley on Tracings by SAM
• CAJIGAS – “Cayetano Mercado Cajigas (1855-1905)” by Luis Rivera on Genealogy Under Construction
• CALLAHAN/CALLAN – “Another Excellent Adventure to Probate Court – Essex County, Massachusetts” (Anna/Annie Elizabeth Callahan/Callan) on Passage to the Past’s Blog
• CAPET- “Blanche Capet of France Becomes Princess of Castile” by Judy Everett Ramos on Fort Worth Genealogy Examiner
• CARLSON – “Claus Oscar ‘C.O.’ Carlson” by Bob and Debbie Biggs on Bob & Debbie’s Next BIGGS Adventure
• CARRICO – “Austin Rochester Carrico” by Jessica Carlson on Carlson and Carrico Family History
• CLARK – “Mahlon Clark, Guardian of His Sister Jane” by Denise Hibsch Richmond on Denise Digs Roots
• CLARK – “Sanford Jeremy Clark” by judysue on Little Bits of Roots & Branches
• COKER – “Willis Barnum Coker (1867-1956)” by Miles Meyer on Our Ancestories
• CORSETT – “Sherman Grant Corsett” by Arlene Baker on Moore Views From the Family Tree
• COSGROVE – “Thomas Cosgrove (1812 or 1818 – 29 Dec 1871)” by belleek on rosneath
• COUGHLIN – “Quilts & Crochet” (Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan and Dorothy ‘Dot’ (Moreland) Creighton) by Cindi on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
• COUNTS/KOUNTZ – “Genevieve Counts/Kountz” by Barbara Murphy on My Family’s Branches and Twigs
• DAVIS – “Nancy J. Davis Ross” by Charlie Purvis on Carolina Family Roots
• DIAL – “Nancy Dial” by Martha on Fascinated by the Dead
• DONNELLY – “Daniel Donnelly” by Joanne Clyde on Do You Know the Muffin Man?
• DOOL – “Hannah (Dool) Hunter (abt 1823-1908)” by Jen Smart on Jen’s Genealogy Pages
• DRAKE – “‘He Ran Away With His Child’ – Frank Drake” by Dave Lucey on The eLuceydator
• EDENBOROUGH – “Edith Edenborough” by Jennie Fairs on Edenborough One Name Study
• ELDER – “Six Ancestors Ago – Alfred Elder” by Heather on Chasing the Past
• ELDREDGE – “Lester Fremont Eldredge – ‘Grampa Les’” by Kessara on Of Loons and Lady Slippers
• FARKAS – “Minnie Farkas Tosses Her Engagement Ring” by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
• FENNELL – “Uncle Paul” (Paul John Fennell) by Jenna on Jenna’s Gene Weblog
• FOLTS – “George S. Folts” by Jackie Holloway on Voices of Yesterday
• FORS – “Erik Edward Fors” by Elizabeth Richards on Scrapping My Family History
• FREDERICK – “Milan Frederick” by Sally Knudsen on SallySearches
• GREEN – “Sir Henry Green, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• GREEN – “John D. Green, M.D.” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• HACHE – “Marie Odile Hache (1893-1933)” by Linda Albert on My Acadian Roots
• HAIRSTON – “Ella Hairston Simonton, a Timeline” by Diana on Moments in Time
• HALL – “Andrew Hall” by Lacey on Branches and Twigs Genealogy
• HALSTEAD – “Daniel Halstead” by genohio on Flowers on the Family Tree
• HARRIS – “P is for Preacher aka Five Ancestors Ago – LeeRoy Whitson Harris” by Heather on Chasing the Past
• HASKINS – “William ‘the Bread Maker of Regent Street’ Haskins” by Simon on The Branches of My Tree
• HEMINGWAY – “Hannah Wheatley Hemingway” by Janet Iles on Janet the Researcher
• HERMANS – “Jessie B. (Hermans) Watson” by Brad on Montanatude
• HERREL – “Finding John Herrel’s Naturalization in an Unindexed FamilySearch Collection” by Shelley Bishop on A Sense of Family
• HIBSS – “I Don’t Really Know You: John Hibbs of West Virginia” by Amy Johnson Crow on No Story Too Small
• HIBBS – “William Hibbs Jr.” by mvillhauer on Branching Out: My Family Tree
• HICKMAN – “Katherine Hickman” by Caroll on Trace Your Genealogy
• HICKS – “John Hicks Makes a New Start & Begins the Hicks Quaker Line on Long Island” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
• HICKS – “Hicks Family on Long Island, Post 1: Thomas Hicks (Not a Quaker)” by Charity Johnson on Past Remains
• HOLLEY – “Howell Holley” by Susie Reynolds on Our Families and Their Untold Stories
• HOUSTON – “Viola Houston Otts Colbert” by Juli D. Quinteros de Hernandez
• HOWARTH – “David and Eva Howarth, Newdale” by M. Diane Rogers on Newdale, Manitoba, Canada – Genealogy
• HUBBARD – “Unknown Immigrant Ancestor Hubbard (?-?)” by famfinder4 on The Stories Found Among the Leaves
• HUBER – “Florence Wilma Huber Darling (1908=1934)” by D. Taylor on D. Taylor’s Genealogy
• HUELSTER – “Yes, Please, I Would Like a Beer and a Song — Frank Huelster” by Mary on Ancestors I Wish I Knew
• HYUCK – “Clifford J. Hyuck – Beloved Country Doctor” by Leah on Genealogy in West Brookfield, MA
• JACKSON – “The Wrong Moses Jackson” by Celia Lewis on Twigs and Trees
• JACQUEZ – “Juan Nepomuceno Jacquez” on The Ancestry Angel
• JOHNSON – “Margaret Johnson Linville” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• JOHNSON – “William Amos Johnson” by JessLibrarian on Genie Roadtrip
• JOLLETT – “Fielding Jollett” by Wendy on Jollett Etc.
• JONES – “George ‘Stanley’ Jones” by Jill Hill on The Life and Times of Trixie Jones
• JUDGE – “Brown Judge, or Is That Judge Brown?” by Kathy Nemaric on KJN Genealogy
• KILGELLON – “Mary Margaret Kilgellon (1886-1950)” by lizf on Tell Me More Stories
• KINNICK – “George Washington Kinnick – ‘Wash’” by Dr. Bill Smith on Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories
• KLINE – “Grandma Cora Harrison, Born on Easter Sunday, 1877” (Cora Kline Harrison) by Tim Graham on Photo Restorations by Tim G.
• KOSINA – “Antonia Dona Kosina-Smith-Esterak” by Gwen Eads on Eads and Allied Families
• LAWRENCE – “Enoch Lawrence – Early Colonist” by Nellie on Nellie’s Basket
• LEA – “George Lea” by Gail Pullyblank on Family History Etc.
• LEGGETT – “Catharine ‘Joe’ Leggett – A Spicy 1920s Love Story” by Karen Bruynell on Getting to Know You
• LEMON – “At Rest: John M. Lemon” by Denise Lemon Knapp on Roots and Branches
• LEPPERT – “John Leppert, From Bavaria to Dearborn County, Indiana, in 1836” by Nancy Niehaus Hurley on Indiana Ties
• LEWIS – “John B. Lewis in the Civil War: Deserted, Arrested, Captured at Spring Hill, Dead in a Fiery Explosion!” by cosmokids on Our Family Tree Tales
• LINDNER – “Richard Max Otto Lindner – Always Joking” by Cheryl Biermann Hartley on My Search for the Past
• LINEBERRY – “George Alex Lineberry” by Donna Brown on DonnaB’s Weblog
• LINK – “Friederick Link” by Carol on Reflections From the Fence
• LINDSAY – “The Conundrum of James Lindsay” by Niki Davis on Rooted in Foods
• LITTLE – “Lonnie Little” by Kay Bauman on Relative Storyboards
• LOWERY – “George Washington Lowery” by Cindy Freed on Genealogy Circle
• LUXEMBOURG – “Popular Books and My Royal Ancestos – Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England, Jacquetta de Luxembourg, and Margaret Beaufort” by Helen Youngblook Holshouser on Heart of a Southern Woman
• MACKENZIE – “William Alexander Mackenzie” by William Wheeler on Wheeler Genealogy
• MADELAINE – “Louise Madelaine” by Marine on Dans les branches [in French]
• MADELAINE – “Le nom de famille de Jean Madelaine” by Marine on Dans les branches [in French]
• MARTEL – “Charles the Hammer, Duke and Prince of the Franks” (Charles “The Hammer” Martel) by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• McCLENDON – “Charlie McClendon” by Judi Carroll-Thompson on Journey of a Family Historian
• McCONNELL – “Mary Frances (McConnell) Fife” by Cherie Atkinson Clark on Still Digging for Roots
• McGARRY – “Jane McGarry, a Life Cut Short” by Kathy Nemaric on KJN Genealogy
• McGUIRE – “It’s All Relative – McGuire” on My Family History Research
• McKINLEY – “Edgar Leroy McKinley” by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• McKINLEY – “Siloam Hauntings on the McKinley Farm” (Lawson and Minnie McKinley) by Jeanne Bryann Insalaco on 52 Week Ancestor Challenge
• MILLS – “Minnie Bell Mills” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• MILNE – “John Milne” by Jillian Glover on My Ain Folk
• MITCHELL – “Alfred Mitchell – A Son Bears Witness” by Andrea Kelleher on How Did I Get Here? My Amazing Genealogy Journey
• MITCHELL – “Andrew Mitchell, Pt 1” by Bill West on West in New England
• MONTAGNA – “Guilia ‘Juilia’ Montagna Fratoddi 1879-1957” by Beverly McGowan Norman on Roots, Branches, and a Few Nuts
• MOORE – “Thomas Moore” by Arlene Baker on Moore Views From the Family Tree
• MUELLER – “John Christopher Mueller” by mvillhauer on Branching Out: My Family Tree
• NICKESON – “Finding a Family for Joseph Nickeson” by Karen on Ancestor Soup
• OATLEY – “Amy Frances (Oatley) White (1826-1864) of Killingly, Conn.” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
• O’CONNELL – “John O’Connell” by Terri O’Connell on Finding Our Ancestors
• ODELL – “Susan Odell Frost” by Dave Lucey on The eLuceydator
• PALMER – “Emma Dorcas Cosgrove nee Palmer (6 Apr 1858 – 7 Jan 1936)” by belleek on rosneath
• PALMER – “Luther Morris Palmer – Fact and Fiction” by Michelle on Leaves and Nuts
• PAULK – “Beautiful Eunice” (Eunice Amelia Paulk) by Jana Last on Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
• PERKINS – “Stephen Perkins” by Linda Woodward Geiger on My Family Research
• PLANTAGENET – “Plantagenet, Edward III” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• PLŪME – “Mārtinš Plūme” on Discovering Latvian Roots
• POPP – “John Popp (1886-1959)” by Susan Clark on Nolichucky Roots
• PORTER – “Eva Sabrina Porter…Daughter of French Nobility and Ex-Fiance of President James K. Polk???” by Aymee Lubinski on My Ancestor’s Leaves
• POTTER – “Susanna Lou Potter Young” by Lacey on Branches and Twigs Genealogy
• PRUITT – “Henry Bristol Pruitt” by Amy Cole on Tracing Amy
• PUTNAM – “John Putnam” by Larry L. Sanburg on larrysgroup
• PYNCHON – “Jane (___) Pynchon Wilson and the Problems in Believing What You Read” by Liz Loveland on My Adventures in Genealogy
• REESE – “Lizette Woodworth Reese 1856-1935” by Cheryl Miller on Shaking Cheryl’s Family Tree
• RIGGIN – “A Wanderer Returns” (John Riggin) by Schalene Dagutis on Tangled Roots and Trees
• RIGGS – “Fidelia N. Riggs – What in the World Does the N Stand For?” by MaeveM on From My Material Stash
• ROBERTS – “Roberts, Warren (1873-1944)” by custer2custer on A Tangled Trail
• RUSSELL – “Amanda Russell” by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors!
• SAVAGE – “Sir John Savage” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• SCHUETZ – “Which Willie, William or Wilhelm?” (Wilhelm Schuetz) by Kathryn Adam-Hurst on Conrad’s Stories
• SCROGGINS – “Hannah Elizabeth Scroggins, NOT ‘Scrubbrin’” by Brenna G. on Green Family Archives
• SEAVEY – “Howard Clarence Seavey (1897-1956)” by Pam Schaffner on Digging Down East
• SHANNON – “Where Did George Washington Go?” (George Washington Shannon) by Biran Zalewski on Zalewski Family Genealogy
• SILLIFANT – “John Henry Sillifant of Princetown, Devon” by Kirsty Gray on Family Wise Ltd.
• SIMS – “Happy Easter From My Grandma Sara Sims Jones and Great Uncle Jack Sims” by Chelsea on All Roads Lead to Jones
• SINCLAIR – “Alexander Sinclair” by Sharon Simms on 52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks
• SKEEN – “Lyman Stoddard Skeen” on thegenealogygirl
• SNYDER – “Christina Belle Snyder Buntz (1911-1942)” by Jo Allison Henn on Climbing My Family Tree
• STANLEY – “Thomas de Stanley, 1st Lord Stanley” by Ray Nichols on Questions and Ancestors
• STODDART – “Robert’s Roots – Robert Stoddart – Irish Sergeant” by Jacqueline Foster on My Journey Back
• STOUT – “Farmer to Lawyer, John Franklin Stout” by Vera Marie Badertscher on Ancestors in Aprons
• SWADLING – “James Swadling” by Pat Swadling on Swadling One-Name Study
• SWADLING – “Laura Leslie Swadling” by Pat Swadling on Swadling One-Name Study
• SWANSON – “Beryl Swanson – A Flower Story About a Flour Sack Dress” by dgfamilyhistorian on I’m Proud To Be the Family Historian!
• SUKEFORTH – “Simon Sukeforth” by The Down East Genealogist on Pine Trees and Pedigrees
• SUTTON – “Asbury Sutton” by Terri on Genealogy Junkie – All Roads Lead to Arkansas
• THOMAS – “Christinator Roberts Thomas – Unique, Beautiful, and Powerful Name” by Cathy Sowders Fern on Remember Me – Heritage From the Past
• TOLLE – “Agnes V. Tolle – ‘The Singing Harpist’” by Patricia Rohn on Shaking the Tree
• TOMELIN – “Luchenia Tomelin – Doukhobor Immigrant” by Yvonne Demoskoff on Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog
• VAN SLYKE – “Ots-Toch, the Mohawk Wife of Cornelis Van Slyke” by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog [Note: this is her married name. As a Native American, she did not have a “maiden name” in the western tradition.]
• WEISS – “Sophie’s Shoes” (Sophie Weiss Spiegel) by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way
• WELSH – “John H. Welsh 1793-1853” by Heather Truckenmiller on Heather’s Genealogy Notes
• WIEDRICH – “Yvonne Wiedrich” by Arlene Baker on Moore Views From the Family Tree
• WILLIAMS – “Mystery of My Grandfather’s First Wife Solved” (Lutye Frances Williams Simpson) by Laura Johnston on Getting Started in Genealogy
• WILSON – “Martha (Wilson) McKenzie 1778-1859” by Ian Hadden on Ian Hadden’s Family History
• WOLFE – “Where Was Mary Elizabeth (Wolfe) McDaid Really Born?” by Cherie Atkinson Clark on Still Digging for Roots
• WOOD – “Elijah Wood abt. 1806-1885” by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
• WOODSON – “Elizabeth Woodson” by Catherine Pendleton on The Pendleton Genealogy Post
• WOODWARD – “Anne Woodward Estes, the Mariner’s Widow” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained
• WRIGHT – “Arlis Eldo Wright” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• WRIGHT – “Susannah Wright Hollingsworth” by Sylvia on Wandering Through My Roots
• WYATT – “Absalom Wyatt” by Rachel Andrews (Rhosyncoch) on Stalking the Dead
• YEAKLEY – “Facts Are Not Enough – George Raises Marvin” by Ann Hinds on Yeakley/Jones Family History
• ZAUGG – “Frederick Samuel Zaugg or What Can Be Found on eBay” by Diana Ritchie on Random Relatives
• unknown – “Newdale School Students, c. 1929, 1930” by M. Diane Rogers on Newdale, Manitoba, Canada – Genealogy