Roots & Rabbit Holes

Week 30 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is “Boats.” My grandfather Fred had a strange sense of humor. Fishing with his boys was...

“Prosperity” is the theme for Week 37 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Several generations of my Turner family were wealthy,...

“In the News” is the topic for Week 30 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. My 3rd great-grandfather, Charles Henry Turner, had a...

If I spread out five random pictures of my grandfather on a table and said to a total stranger, “This is Fred Turner. Can you guess his...

“Bald” is the topic for Week 19 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Most of the people in my family have been blessed with full...

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...

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

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...

Overlooking an ancestor here or there is a common occurrence in genealogy, especially when it’s a collateral ancestor and not someone in...

New to You is this week’s topic for week 38 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. My paternal grandfather, Frederick Wagner Turner,...

Exploration is the theme for week 36 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. I was all set to write about a mariner ancestor of mine,...

Week 32 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is At the Library. I recently took a trip to the New England Historic Genealogical Society in...

Fun Facts is the topic for week 29 of 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks. I learned a fun fact earlier this year on one of my Maine genealogy...

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...

Mistakes are often made when doing genealogical research. Sometimes a story is passed down as fact, or two people have the same name and...

For Week 22 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge I’m covering the topic of Conflict. I’d prefer to share a story where my ancestor...

Whenever I discover something I have in common with an ancestor, it helps me connect with them in a different, deeper way. One of my...

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...