Week 25 Part I, Broken Branches: My (Not So) Great-Great Grandfather, Jean-Baptiste "John" Laberge
Week 25 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks covers the theme Broken Branches. I’m not 100% sure what constitutes a broken branch. Is it when a...
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Roots & Rabbit Holes
My Family History
Roots & Rabbit Holes
My Family History
I started this blog to participate in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks genealogy challenge, and to share other genealogy information and anecdotes.
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Week 24, Popular Name: Eugene
Popular Name is the theme for Week 24 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. One name crops up in my family over and over, and unfortunately for...
Week 21, Yearbook: Grampy Phil's Senior Year
It’s Week 21 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, and the topic is Yearbook. Although my Grampy Phil grew up in Westbrook, Maine, his mother sent...
Week 19, Food & Drink: Nana Connie's Meat Pie
It’s week 19 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks and this week’s topic is Food & Drink. During our LaViolet family Christmases, we could be...
Week 18, Social: A Neighborhood on the Hill
Week 18 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Social. There are few things more social than a close-knit neighborhood filled with people who...
Week 15, How Do You Spell That?: Variations on the Barr Surname
“How Do You Spell That?” is the theme for week 15 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, and from the moment I started brainstorming ideas, I knew...
Week 11, Flowers: The Origins of the LaViolet Surname
It’s week 11 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, and the topic is Flowers. I decided to take a slightly different approach and...
Week 10, Worship: Gaetane Meloche, aka Sister Mary Laura
It’s week 10 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. Because the topic this week is Worship and this month is Women’s History Month,...
Week 9, Females: Georgiana Duchesne
The topic for week 9 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Females, and I’ve been looking forward to sharing my great-great grandmother's story,...
Week 8, Courting: Laura & Exalapha
Courting is one of those 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks prompts that was easy. How could I pass up the opportunity to share this lovely...
Week 7, Landed: Humphrey Turner
When I first caught the genealogy bug in college, it was easy to geek out with Grampy Phil, who had amassed an impressive amount of...
Week 6, Maps: A Tale of Two Railroad Ancestors
I don’t know how the rest of you approach the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, but I wrote the list of weekly themes in the back of my...
Week 5, Branching Out: Some Collateral Relatives
This week’s theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks is Branching Out, which brings me back to Grampy Phil’s binders. In them, he tells the...
Week 4, Curious: Who died?
It's Week 4 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This week's theme is Curious. Not too long ago, I was thinking about how my grandparents, Phil...
Week 3, Favorite Photo: Helen and her Cow
I began this blog in order to take part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. As genealogists, we tend to gather...
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