In March 2017, members of the Bough family of the Virgin Islands gathered together during the Virgin Islands commemoration events, for the 100th Anniversary Transfer of the Danish West Indies from Denmark to the United States. At the gathering, family stories were featured. At one of the informal settings, it was said that James Bough had one of…
SNGF: 100 Word Genealogy Challenge
Randy Seaver offers us the following challenge 1) Write a short 100 word story using the phrase “,,,the most interesting ancestor I have…” in 100 words. Here’s mine: Peter Bough (1855-1922) is the most interesting ancestor I have, unknown to him the transfer of the Danish West Indies to the Americans would take place in 1917. Peter…
Surname Saturday, Bough (US Virgin Islands)
The mission from Randy Seaver: how many surnames in your family tree database was done before, but since the Bough family gathering I needed to bring the tree up to date. Looking at the Surname Statistics in my Roots Magic Software, there are 9 pages with 39 names per page . Grand total of about…
Family Reunions
I love family reunions
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: A family increase, April 8, 2017
Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings offers us the following challenge: Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it, is to: 1) Pick one of your sets of great-grandparents – if possible, the one with the most descendants. 2) Create a descendants list for those great-grandparents either by hand or in your software program. 3)…
Wordless Wednesday – Bough Family Gathering March 29-30, 2017
During the 100th anniversary commemoration of Transfer Day, when the Danish West Indies were formally transferred from Denmark to the United States, the Bough family of the U.S. Virgin Islands gathered again on St. Croix to celebrate our cultural blend and share family history. ” One of the things that binds us as…
Black History celebrates the narrative of Harold G. Bough, Merchant Marine.
We are one week in the celebration of Black History Month, a month of recognizing the achievements and contributions of African-American people in the diaspora. For those of us who value our ancestry and history, join me in focusing on your family’s contributions that made a meaningful impact to your community and the larger society.…
Wordless Wednesday: Floral Tribute to Nancy, my African Ancestor.
SNGF -My Ancestral Birth Chart
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun with Randy Seaver. The challenge is to create a five or six generation ancestor chart that shows your ancestor’s birthplaces . As I was looking at the ancestral birth charts on Randy’s Genea Mussings blog, I was struck by the participants ability to identify 5 generations. I took note of the…
52 Ancestors #52 Resolution: Resolved to move on to DNA Testing
Amy Johnson Crow “no story too small” suggested we write about Resolution. A resolution can be something that you resolve to do. It can also be the end or conclusion of something. What ancestor do you resolve to find more about in 2016? What ancestor have you resolved conflicting evidence about? Many of the ancestral…
