It’s time for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun! The challenge that Randy has come up with this week is to figure out where my ancestors were in 1863 and write a post about it. I thought it would be easier to do each side separate. Unfortunately, I do not have any photos of any of the…
Category: Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
SNGF: Ancestor Scavenger Hunt
Randy Seaver over at GeneaMusings.com has the Saturday Night Genealogy Challenge posted. This week is an ancestor scavenger hunt. My mission is to head over to familysearch.org, plunk down a name in the search box, then see where it leads me. As I’ve been working on Madeline (Mazeres) Menaud this week, I thought I’d try…
SNGF: Surname Tallies
The Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge for tonight is to fire up my genealogy software and see if I can find the Surname Statistic reports. After than, I am to tally up which surnames are most prevalent in my database. I can tell you right off the bat that number one will be Pacheco. Let’s…
SNGF: Where were they 100 years ago?
This week Randy has set up a fun challenge for us, one that I can actually participate in! For Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, I am to list all my ancestors who were alive in 1913, where they lived, and who was living with them on 1 January 1913. My Mom’s Maternal side: Great Grandparents and…
SNGF: Grandparents are important because…
This is Randy’s weekly challenge, Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. ======== Grandparents nurture their grandchildren and teach them about love. They lead by example. They pass down family history and traditions. They make their grandchildren feel special. Everyone needs to feel special. When we view our parents as grandparents, we see them through new eyes. We…