For Week 15 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the topic is DNA. This could have been a really long post once I got started writing, but I figured I would keep it short and simple. I wasn’t really sure whether I should talk about the DNA matches I have worked with, …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Brick Wall”. My biggest brick wall so far for my family research would be my Paternal great grandmother, Ethel Driver. Ethel was born in 1890 in Hotham, Victoria, Australia. Her birth is listed in the Australian Records Index at Ancestry.com. Her …
For this week of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, I decided to write about my husband’s Paternal Grand Aunt, Rachael McClellan Legare. Rachael was born 24 October 1927 in Awendaw, Charleston County, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Daniel J. Legare and Helen Sadie Elliott. The first newspaper article I found …
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 …