The real Olympics are over and so are the GeneaOlympics. I want to thank Randy Seaver at GeneaMusings for his extra challenges and, of course, AnceStories for the original challenges. This time around I decided to focus primarily on challenges that were related to my blog. My blog was sorely in need of some love…
Category: 2012 Genea Blogger Games
Research Plan for Mary Jane Haywards Jones
[This is a Genealympics challenge created by Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings. The task is to create a research plan for one of my “end” ancestors.] The end of my Jones line is Mary Jane (Haywards) Jones and her husband, John Jones. This is the research plan for Mary Jane. I think I do my research…
I have forgotten so much
I am participating in the Genealympics (see previous posts for my activities). I’ve been looking over the list of tasks at AnceStories and I am confounded. It appears I have forgotten about all sorts of ways we geneabloggers network and interact online. My problems started in 2009 when my elderly dog was going downhill. She…
Genealympics First Week Results
I am participating in the Genealympics hosted by AnceStories and Randy Seaver’s Genea-Musings. I had gotten off to a late start as I was obsessed with watching the Olympics. But, I think I’ve done pretty good for 3 days work. I completed two of the first week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges, two of the…
A Biographical Sketch of Marie Lassalle of France
This is part of the Genealympics challenges created by AnceStories and Genea-Musings in the Write! Write! Write! category. The French civil and church records are available. I found out about it last Autumn and immediately immersed myself in them. This biographical sketch comes from the records I was able to unearth on my 5th great…