Roots & Rabbit Holes

Week 2 of 2025’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge covers one of my favorite prompts: “Favorite Photo.”  I have no shortage of them!  ...

Week 3 of 2024’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is my favorite repeat prompt: “Favorite Photo.”  This new-to-me photo came into my...

Week 41 of 2023’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is “Travel.” Raise your hand if you had an ancestor who wanted to get hijacked. The...

It’s Week 29 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge and the theme is Birthdays. Although Nana Connie visited her siblings and mother...

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

Week 28 of 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks covers the topic of Character. There's no shortage of characters in my family tree, but the first...

Sisters is the topic for week 13 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, and some of my favorite childhood memories were when the “tantes,” my Nana...

Week 12 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Joined Together. My grandparents, Phil LaViolet and Connie Meloche, were joined together in...

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,...

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...

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...