Randy’s newest challenge for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun involves the three degrees of separation concept. I’m supposed to take myself back to the last ancestor who I knew, then take that person back to the last ancestor they knew, and finally one more time. This proved to be a tricky assignment for me. I knew…
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SNGF: What’s Your Genealogist Type?
Randy’s challenge is up for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun over at his blog, GeneaMusings. This week we’re supposed to read “What Type of Genealogist Are You?” by Lorine McGinnis over at the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog. Then, we’re supposed to write about what type we are. As a dutiful participant, I read the blog post. …
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: Ancestral Names Numbers
Randy has his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge at GeneaMusings out early today, so I thought that I’d get right on top of it. This week’s challenge is based on Crista Cowan’s blog post Family History All Done? What’s Your Number? The idea that a family history could be all done boggles my mind. I’ve…
SNGF: My Unknown Ancestor
Randy’s challenge this week was to check my pedigree chart for my first unknown ancestor. This is a person who I know the surname of but nothing else or I know the first name but not the surname. I’d have to go back many generations on my French and Portuguese lines before I hit anyone…