Category: 52 ancestors

52 Ancestors in 52 weeks: Week #1 – Beginnings

52 Ancestors in 52 weeks:  Week #1 – Beginnings Genealogy is not just a compilation of dates, not a listing of surnames, it is simply His-Story/Her-Story.   As Amy Cross says no story is too small.  This year, I will make every effort to tell the ancestor’s story using genealogical data, pictures, family lore, oral…… Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks: Week #1 – Beginnings

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…… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #52 Resolution: Resolved to move on to DNA Testing

52 Ancestors #51 Nice -Anita Bough-Moorhead (1918-2015)

Amy Johnson Crow “no story too small” suggested that we write a story to Define “nice” however you want to 🙂 Our family historian Nita, shares a “Nice” Ole Time Christmas Story with her grandson  Dominick Scott. Anita Moorhead was born on October 25, 1918, the daughter of Joseph E.  Bough and Alice M. (Smith)…… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #51 Nice -Anita Bough-Moorhead (1918-2015)