I haven't posted in a very long time....just too little spare time these days.
I came across a blog today with a fun little activity I decided to participate in. Visit Geniaus to participate.
The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type
You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each item
Which of these apply to you?
Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents
Can name over 50 direct ancestors
Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents (I have 6 of 8.....both my paternal great-grandfathers remain elusive.)
Have an ancestor who was married more than three times (well, my great-grandfather was married 3 times exactly)
Have an ancestor who was a bigamist (well, in reference to the above Great-grandfather.....he got his second wife pregnant before he was divorced from his first wife...does that count??)
Met all four of my grandparents (both my paternal grandparents died long before I was born)
Met one or more of my great-grandparents (2 of my maternal great-grandparents died while my mother was pregnant with me.)
Named a child after an ancestor (Emily)
Bear an ancestor's given name/s (variations of.....My Great-Great-Grandmother was Christina, My middle name is Christine, My Great-Great-Aunt was Hilda, I am Hillary)
Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland
Have an ancestor from Asia
Have an ancestor from Continental Europe
Have an ancestor from Africa
Have an ancestor who was an agricultural labourer
Have an ancestor who had large land holdings
Have an ancestor who was a holy man - minister, priest, rabbi
Have an ancestor who was a midwife
Have an ancestor who was an author (Great-grandfather was a famous song writer in the 20's & 30's. He wrote Animal Crackers in My Soup, Shuffle Off to Buffalo and the J-E-L-L-O Jingle to name a few)
Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones
Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng
Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X
Have an ancestor with a forename beginnining with Z (Zachariah
Have an ancestor born on 25th December (a 1st cousin actaully)
Have an ancestor born on New Year's Day
Have blue blood in your family lines
Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century
Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier
Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents
Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X
Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university (University of Houston graduate)
Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offence (Great-grandfather mentioned earlier spent 4 days in an Illinois jail for failure to pay child support)
Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime (not my line, but my husbands.......rape)
Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine (Tell us where) here on this blog and at ancestry.com
Have published a family history online or in print (Details please)
Have visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries
Still have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family
Have a family bible from the 19th Century
Have a pre-19th century family bible
