Friday, 27 June 2025

Homage to Homemakers (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 27 theme: "Family Business")

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More of my ancestors were homemakers than any other occupation. Even when they had other employment outside the home, census records often c...
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Friday, 20 June 2025

Americus Brown (1859-1938) 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 26 "Favorite Name"

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(Americus Brown is my 1st cousin 3X removed in the Bullen family.) Americus Brown  photo courtesy SHansen on Findagrave.com website His pare...
Friday, 13 June 2025

Who was Sara Andersdatter? 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 25 Theme: "FAN Club"

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My paternal line Bardahl ancestors hailed from quite far up the west coast of Norway in the Hemnes/Nesna area of Nordland. DNA matches from ...
Sunday, 8 June 2025

Marjorie Sillerud (1919-2001) 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025, Week 24 theme "Artistic"

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My mother's cousin Marjorie had a passion to paint. She is quoted as saying, "I think I've tried everything I've ever heard...
Saturday, 31 May 2025

My Parents' Christmas Season Wedding (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 23 theme: "Wedding Bells")

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Some of us seem to buck the June wedding trend in my family. My own two marriages were in the Christmas season; my maternal grandparents wer...
Saturday, 24 May 2025

2000 Reunion at Waterton Lakes National Park (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025, Week 22 theme: "Reunion")

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Attendees - Getting Everyone Posed was a Challenge! It will be a quarter century in July since the Wescott-Edwards-Anderson Reunion at Water...
Saturday, 3 May 2025

This Genealogist's Dream: Chester Fritz Library (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 19 Theme: "At the Library")

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Accessing Norwegian bygdeb øker (farm books)  had been high on my wish list for many years. Farm books were compiled by respected historians...