Being a regular blogger makes it difficult to find topics that I haven’t already touched for weekly challenges. This week’s theme for the 52 Ancestors challenge is Military. So far, I haven’t found many ancestors who were in the military who I haven’t already expounded upon already. As I’ve recently found new information on Felicianno…
Category: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
52 Ancestors Week 18: No Name on the Tombstone
This week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow focuses on the Black Sheep in the family. I have a few relatives who are black sheep. Pinpointing a direct line ancestors is a bit more tricky. I don’t know that much about them. After some information surfaced recently, I have to wonder. …
52 Ancestors Week 19: Step on the Gas
This week’s theme in the 52 Ancestors challenge is “There’s a Way”. I’d like to relay a funny story that my grandmother told me from her childhood. Anna was the third child of Harry Jackson and Marguerite “Margaret” (Jones) Jackson. She was a bit of handful as a child, getting herself and her friends into…
52 Ancestors Week 18: Will I Find Martin Kelly’s Will?
It’s week 18 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge and I’m still here. LOL This week the theme is Where There’s a Will. I had a little trouble with this theme because I only have one ancestor’s will in my collection. Rather then presenting that one will again (I’ve posted about it in…
52 Ancestors Week 17: Charles Mazeres and His Laundries
It’s week 17 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. This week the theme is prosperous. I’m going to write about my great grandfather, Charles Mazeres dit Salanave. Born in 1868, Charles Mazeres’ was the son of, Jean Mazeres dit Salanave and Marie Anne Lacrouts. They were farmers. Their home in Ogeu les bains,…