In genealogy, a brick wall is a point at which one ancestor brings you to an abrupt halt in your effort to trace your family tree. Further information on this person is elusive, or you know who it was, but cannot seem to find the records you need in order to determine who the ancestor’sContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 21: Brick Wall”
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52 Ancestors, Week 20: Bearded
It’s Week 20 of 2023, and of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. The challenge was created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow, who provides a different prompt each week for exploring family history. I thought last week’s theme, Bald, was difficult. This week’s is harder. The theme is Bearded. It’s harder because beards just doContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 20: Bearded”
52 Ancestors, Week 19: Male Pattern Baldness
It’s Week 19 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. The challenge was created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow, who provides a different prompt each week for exploring our family histories. This week’s prompt: Bald. They say male pattern baldness runs in families. It certainly does in my father’s family. My dad has beenContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 19: Male Pattern Baldness”
52 Ancestors, Week 18: Pets
Week 18 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project is all about pets. The challenge, created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow, supplies a different prompt each week for exploring our families. This week’s prompt is pets. We never had a dog when I was growing up. I’m not complaining; I’m really not a dogContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 18: Pets”
52 Ancestors, Week 17: DNA
I keep reading on genealogy sites about researchers who have discovered long-lost relatives via the wonders of DNA. I have not, so I do not have a fascinating detective story to tell for my Week 17 post for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. The topic is, of course, DNA. The 52 Ancestors challenge,Continue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 17: DNA”
52 Ancestors, Week 16: Should Be a Movie
I’m a little later in the week than usual in writing my Week 16 post for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. The challenge was created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow, who provides a different prompt each week for exploring our families. This week’s prompt: Should Be a Movie. I usually post on theContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 16: Should Be a Movie”
52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude
It’s Week 15 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project, created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow. And this week, April 9-15, the theme is Solitude. My father’s maternal grandparents, Francesca Pierini Piccioli and Fortunato Piccioli, were born in the village of Mondolfo, in the Marche region of Italy, and married sometime around 1898. TheyContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude”
52 Ancestors, Week 14: Begins With a Vowel
The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project continues. This week’s theme is Begins With a Vowel. When I first heard this theme, I thought of my 9x great-grandfather, Baldo Tarini (1613-1678) and his brother Ubaldo Tarini. Ubaldo was born four years later and given nearly the same name, except that his begins with a vowel.Continue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 14: Begins With a Vowel”
52 Ancestors, Week 13: Light a Candle for My Cousin the Pope
My maternal grandmother always said we were related to a Pope. But she died young, and nobody knew exactly what Pope she claimed to be related to, or even if her story was true. In recent years, in researching our family history, I discovered that she was absolutely right! I am a distant cousin ofContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 13: Light a Candle for My Cousin the Pope”
52 Ancestors, Week 12: Membership
It’s Week 12 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project, created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow. And this week, the theme is Membership. I often see posts on genealogy-related pages from people who are trying to establish their eligibility for membership in U.S. lineage organizations such as the Daughters of the American Revolution, theContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 12: Membership”
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