This week’s post for Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks prompt, is the number 12. I was thinking about what I could write, and came up with a lot of ideas. Someone aged 12 years. Someone who was born or died in December. Someone who had 12 kids. #12 on an Ahnentafel list. …
For Week 11 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the topic is Large Family. My 3rd great grandparents, William Absalom and Mary Ann Rose, have the largest family of all my relatives that I have found so far. They had a total of 16 children. I cannot imagine having that many mouths …
For Week 10 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, I chose to write about my grand uncle, my maternal grandfather’s brother. Hector Meredith McKenzie, or “Hec” as he was known, was born in 1907 to Robert McKenzie and Eliza Jane Clements of “Spring Valley”, Woodford, Victoria, Australia. I don’t remember much about …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Family Photo”. This photo was taken at “Spring Valley”, Woodford, Victoria, Australia. It is of some of the Absalom descendants. Front: Leanne, Wayne, Shane, Danial and Robert. Back: Trevor, Lynette, baby, Rhoda and William. I am not sure of the date …
For Week 7 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks, the topic is “Love”. There are many different ways to interpret this word, like the love between two people or something involving weddings, but I decided to write about my 6th great grandmother, [christian name unknown] Love. I believe her maiden name is …
For Week 4 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “I’d Like to Meet”. I have decided that my list is too long to pick just one person. There are so many people that have “dead ends” or “brick walls” right now. So many ancestors that leave me scratching my head trying …
For Week 3 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Unusual Name”. While looking at my tree for an unusual name, “Speas” stood out. I have seen it written as Speas, Speace, Spes, Spies and Spease. A search on Google found that Speas is usually a surname. According to the …
This week I started a blog post for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks for the prompt – Challenge. I laid out all the research I had on Sarah Brinson Keetley (you can read her story here) and this week I will see what I have for her husband, Jesse Edward Keetley Sr and their children. To give some clarity, by …
For Week 2 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Challenge”. When thinking about what to write, the only thing I couldn’t get out of my head was how much of a challenge it has been to try to break down a brick wall I’ve had since beginning the research …
As part of a plan to get myself more organized with my genealogy, I am hoping to start sharing more of it as a way to find more cousins to connect with. Hopefully someone out there has the answers to some of my brick walls or some ideas on where to go next. This year …