This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Same Name”. My father-in-law, William, was apparently named for his great uncle William Keetley according to some writing in his baby book about why he was given his particular name. The writing was placed there by his mother, Helen (Legare) Keetley. …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is Context. A few weeks ago I wrote about Jack Keetley, a “Legend”, who rode for the Pony Express in Missouri and had a town named after him in Utah. In this post I will write about some of the family members …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the prompt is “School Days”. This week Ancestry.com offered free access to their database – U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999, so I went in and looked up some family names. Unfortunately they didn’t have a lot for the places my husband’s family lived, but I …
The topic for this week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks post is Comedy. I decided to write about my husband’s Paternal grandmother, Helen Sadie Legare Keetley. One day while I was researching Helen in the newspapers, I came across the following article. Her “exploits” were in several newspapers across the country from Florida to New …
This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Legend”. Like every family, there is at least one story of being related to someone famous and mine is no different. Well my husband’s paternal line anyway. The “Keetley” surname has been difficult to trace as I’ve said before in other …
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 …