Lynette LaPlace is a young dedicated genealogist who is consumed with her family history (my kind of gene-buddy). She is from the Virgin Islands and traces her maternal and paternal roots to the Danish West Indies and Dominica. It is a pleasure to have connected with her while researching my Danish West Indian family. As…… Continue reading Frank E. Petersen by Lynnette LaPlace
Tag: Danish West Indies Genealogy
Honoring My Ancestral Mothers
Flower in the Weeds Looking at my genealogy research today, I felt very humbled by the number of mothers who came before me. It inspired me to post a reflection of my ancestral mothers some free, some enslaved – in the Danish West Indies/US Virgin Islands and Barbados. I began with my mother, Joyce Bough. …… Continue reading Honoring My Ancestral Mothers
52 Ancestors in 52 weeks Week -9 Multiples
This post is a prompt in the 52 ancestor series 2021. For this prompt, a family tree search resulted in multiple spouses/partners and births on my family tree. I decided to search for multiple births. I found the earliest multiple deliveries was a set of male twins Aaron (1846-1884) and Esram Bough (1846-1900) born on…… Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks Week -9 Multiples