This week Randy asks us to name our ancestor with the most unique name for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. I couldn’t come up with anything in my ancestry for a first and last name combination, so I’m going with the most unusual first name. I found my maternal Great Great grandfather in several records but…
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: How Many Descendants?
Randyof Genea-Musings set out a mission for this Saturday. Count up generations in your descendants list, then calculate the living and dead. Of those, note how many you have met. After much consternation, I decided to use Margaret (Jones) and Harry Jackson. 1. Children = 6 (all deceased) 2. Grandchildren = 12 (5 living, 8…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: My Satisfying Genealogy Moment
This weeks challenge from Randy at Genea-Musings is to blog about one of my most satifying genealogy moments. Without a doubt, it has to be finding out that my Great Grandfather, Theodoro Pacheco (aka Theodore P. Smith) died of leprosy. As a child I was told that Theodoro brought his family to California from Hawaii. …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Earliest Childhood Memories
Randy of Genea-Musings has set out his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge. This week we are to recall one of earliest childhood memories and blog about it. As many of you know I got a puppy in July. Having Misha in my home reminds me of when I was about 3 1/2 years old and…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Ahnentafel Roulette
Randy over at Genea-Musings has his Saturday night challenge up. Here are the instructions: 1) How old is your father now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your “roulette number.” 2) Use your pedigree charts…