Roots & Rabbit Holes

We’re now on Week 17 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, and the topic is DNA. My mostly WASPy (WASPish?) genealogy is relatively...

“Should be a Movie” is Week 16’s prompt for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. This is a tale about the American Revolution, and a...

For week 15 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, we’re covering Solitude. Imagine how isolating it would feel to relocate to a...

Week 14 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is "Begins with a Vowel." I’ll start right at the beginning of the alphabet with the...

Week 13’s theme for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is “Light a Candle.” My mother-in-law very kindly remembered my grandfather...

Sometimes when I’m building my tree, I’ll come across a well-documented line that goes back pretty far. In my excitement, I add the...

Back in 1909, my great-grandfather, Stanley Turner, was knocked out, robbed, garroted, and left for dead. Week 11’s theme of the 52...

The topic for week 10 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Translation, and there is a mountain of pictures, documents, and...

Week 9 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Gone Too Soon. My favorite census is the 1900 United States Census because of two...

The topic for Week 8 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is I Can Identify. My third great-grandfather, Charles Henry Turner, was...

The theme for Week 7 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Outcast. My husband, who is ethnically a Jew, said I should write...

It’s week 6 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, and this week’s topic is Social Media. People often have a love-hate relationship...

Oops is the theme for Week 5 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, and I have a story for you! It’s about two young pranksters who...

Week 4 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Education. My grandmother, Constance Meloche, grew up in Montreal where she was the...

Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) Tell me, who are you? ...

Week 2 for 2023’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Favorite Photo, which is always a fun theme, though it’s hard to narrow it down...

Welcome to a brand-new year of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge! This week’s topic is a fun one: I’d Like to Meet. The trouble,...

I can’t believe it’s the final week of 2022’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, and I actually followed through with it! Because I...

Week 51 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Perseverance, a topic that makes me think about some of my first ancestors to settle...

Week 50 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Traditions. One of my favorite family memories and traditions is “Pony Boy” with...