Friday, 19 December 2025

Anna-Maria Andersdotter (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 52 theme: "Memorable")

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Wrapping up 2025 and looking ahead to 2026! Can something in the future be presupposed to be memorable? In anticipation of something that  i...
Friday, 12 December 2025

Florence Adeline Larson (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 51 theme: "Musical")

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Florence was my Dad's first cousin; she was the daughter of my grandfather John Bardahl's sister Sarah Bardahl and husband Olaf Lars...
Friday, 5 December 2025

The Bardahl and Nelson Portraits (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 50 Theme: "Family Heirloom")

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  Carl and Karen (Nilsdatter) Nelson (top); Anna (Elton) and Hans Bardahl (bottom)  My paternal great grandparents have been watching over m...
Saturday, 29 November 2025

Handwriting: The Personal Touch (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 49 theme: 'Written")

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Genealogists treasure connections to their ancestors. Old family letters, journals and diaries are often especially touching with the ancest...
Thursday, 20 November 2025

Lefse on the Plate! (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 48 Theme: "Family Recipe")

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Norwegian lefse (in North America sometimes spelled with an "a" as lefsa to indicate its pronunciation) is a soft flatbread made w...
Friday, 14 November 2025

Isaac Barton (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 47 theme: "The Name's the Same")

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Isaac Barton is a name that shows up 8 times in my database and numerous times in other databases for various branches of the Barton family....
Saturday, 8 November 2025

Joseph Benson (1640-1705/6), 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 46 theme: "Wartime"

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Joseph Benson, my 9th great grandfather, was born in 1640, two years after his parents John and Mary Benson along with two children under ag...