Marthe is my great great grandmother. She was born in the village of Ogeu les bains in France. One thing I have found interesting about researching French women is that as early as 1800 they all have occupations listed in official records. It’s something I am not used to seeing in other localities until 1900. …
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SNGF: Ancestor Roulette #38
Randy’s challenge for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun is to play Ancestor Roulette. I’m to pick one of my great grandfathers. Then, take his birthday and divide it by 50. The end results is what I look up on my ahnentafel chart. Once I have my person, I’m to tell you all three facts about that…
SNGF: Ancestor Roulette
Tonight’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun mission from Randy over at Genea-Musings is to play Ancestor Roulette. They’re already dead, so there’s no losers here 😉 First, I take my paternal grandfather’s year of birth, which is 1888. Then I divide that by 100 and round off. My number is 19. Then I’m supposed to find…
Saturday Night Challenge: 16 Great Greats
Randy has offered up this challenge for Saturday night. List your 16 Great Great Grandparents, give their birth and death information, then figure out your ethnicity. I only have 14 Great Greats, so that’s what I will work with. Since RootsMagic can do this for me in an Ahnentafel chart, I will cheat a tiny…