Roots Branches & Nuts

  Week 2’s theme is “Favorite Photo.” Yes, I’ve included this prompt in the last few years of 52 Ancestors, and for good reason: Photos capture our family history like few other things can. Besides, how can you limit yourself to one?! This week, tell the story of a favorite photo: who is in it, where and when was it taken, and – just as important –   why   was it taken? _______________________________________________________________________ This photo includes my brother's daughter, Betsy, me, my sister's daughter, Sarah, and my sister, Alison. We were the main organizers of the family reunion pictured below. It was taken in front of the lilac bush near my sister's house during the Barcomb Bash 2022. We gathered as many of our siblings and their children, significant others, and grandchildren as we could manage (actually, I think they all showed up!). First cousins were invited. This second photo was taken at the front of my sister's house. None of the cousins had arriv...

  Week 1: This week’s theme is “In the Beginning.” (According to “The Sound of Music,” the beginning is a very good place to start.) Who was the first person you wanted to find when you started your genealogy journey? Was there a family member who sparked your interest, maybe by giving you a bunch of genealogy “stuff”? This would be a great week to write about them!   I have been working on my genealogy since about 1973. I had a history class in high school and did a “family tree.” I did some research, sent away for information, interviewed older members of the family and learned how to put it down on paper. It was fascinating and probably not as accurate as it could have been. My maternal grandmother was one of 12 children and my mother and I made lists of all of them, their spouses and the children. Some of them married divorced people! Some of them married three times. Almost all of them went by their middle names, so who was who? One of the boys was Francis Clare ...