Your Roots Are Showing They Tried a Do Over #52Ancestors2015 (1) Starting Fresh 5 Jan 2015April 5, 2018 The first installment of #52Ancestors 2015 Edition is called “Starting Fresh,” and it was my earliest ancestors that tried to do just that! John ATKINSON and his wife, the former…
Your Roots Are Showing Fearless Females (30): Mother Knows Best 30 Mar 2013April 29, 2018 "March 30: Did you receive any advice or words of wisdom from your mother or another female ancestor?" ================= "Listen to your wife, she's a mother!" the Old Girl whispered…
Your Roots Are Showing Fearless Females (29): Trade Ya 3 Aunties for A Gramma! 29 Mar 2013April 29, 2018 [PLEASE NOTE: There is no post for Fearless Females (Day 28) SUBJ - Best Friends.]. Trading cards. Every boy had them growing up. Any "doubles" were traded for cards…
Your Roots Are Showing Fearless Females (27): Big Sister 27 Mar 2013April 29, 2018 [PLEASE NOTE: There are no posts for Fearless Females (25) SUBJ – Motherly Instincts or (26) SUBJ – Education.]. I do not possess any documentation of their journey, nor proof…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Fearless Females (24): You’ve Got Her Eyes, Dearie 24 Mar 2013April 29, 2018 "Do you share any physical resemblance or personality trait with one of your female ancestors?" Physical resemblance? I got somebody's brown eyes, but I forget whose -- although, MiLady was mistaken…
Fearless Females… Fearless Females (22): The Movie Starlet 22 Mar 2013May 8, 2018 PLEASE NOTE: There is no post for Fearless Females (Day 21) SUBJ: Precious Moments ========================= March 22 — If a famous director wanted to make a movie about one of…
Your Roots Are Showing Fearless Females (10): Aunt E 10 Mar 2013May 6, 2018 PLEASE NOTE: There is no post for Fearless Females (Day 9) SUBJ: Narrative from Document ========================= Religion was a big thing in our house. Allow me to explain: Gramma Rabbit…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Fearless Females (2): A Picture Is Worth … 2 Mar 2013April 4, 2018 This picture is of my third-earliest female ancestor, a woman named Sarah Ann (CAWARD) ATKINSON, dressed in her finest; with all good reason to be: it's her wedding day! The…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Fearless Females (1) and Pirate Women 1 Mar 2013April 4, 2018 Who do I blame credit for this month's challenge? *ponders until the proverbial lightbulb comes on* [waiting] [still waiting] I think I remember what happened -- it went something like this,…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Fearless Females (8): And Words Are All I Have … 8 Feb 2013May 6, 2018 Diaries of my mother's and her mother's, when they were both young girls. Valentines from my maternal grandfather, James to my grandmother, Grace from before they were married. Poetry…