Tuesday, 24 May 2022

1816: The Year Without a Summer (52 Ancestors 2022 week 21, variation on the Theme: "Yearbook")

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Spring 2022 has been unusually cold and wet where I live on Canada's west coast. As records here have been broken, it has come to my att...
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Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Margaret Chandler (1577-1645) 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021 # 41: Religious Changes

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My 10th great grandmother Margaret Chandler was born in 1577 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England to Tobias and Joan (Mumford) ...
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Thursday, 5 August 2021

Leigh Hovland (1890-1903) 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021 Week 33 - "The Chicago Iroquois Theater Tragedy"

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from the funeral program of Leigh Nicea Hovland 3 January1904 When my third great grandfather Erik Anderson Elton immigrated to America from...
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Sunday, 21 February 2021

Lawrence Wilkinson (c1620s-1692) (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021 #8) Theme: "Power"

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Lawrence, one of my 9th great grandfathers, was born about 1620 in Lanchester, Durham, England. The Wilkinson family had been associated wit...
Friday, 18 December 2020

Elin Persdotter (1739-1810) (52 Ancestors 2020 Week 52) Theme: "Resolution"

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For several years, the database for my Swedish 5X great grandmother has indicated that "I need to resolve conflicting birth and death d...
Friday, 11 December 2020

Marith Christophersdatter (c1768-1848) (52 Ancestors 2020 Week 51) Theme: "Winter"

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Some countries have a natural affinity with winter. Canada, where I live, is one of them. Norway, where my 3X great grandmother Marith lived...
Sunday, 6 December 2020

Robert Moulton, Salem Witch Trial Witness (1644-1731) (52 Ancestors 2020 Week 50) Theme: "Witness to History"

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Being a witness at one of the infamous Salem witch trials definitely qualifies my 7X great grandfather Robert Moulton as a witness to histor...