Category Archives: Personal Research

Week 43 Prompt: Transportation This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Transportation.” As I mentioned in my post two weeks ago, I have been focused on researching social history to put my ancestors in context based on time and place. In that post I shared several general […]

Week 42 Prompt: Adventure This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Adventure.” I remembered that back in 2013, I put together a short timeline presentation of my genealogical journey from 2007 to 2013. I thought I’d take a moment to make some quick changes to that (to […]

Week 40 Prompt: Harvest This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Harvest.” It’s that time of year, where the leaves begin to change color, the weather cools, and the fields are harvested. While I do have a good deal of farming families that experienced a fall harvest, […]

Week 39 Prompt: Map It Out This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Map It Out.” I love maps. Many years ago when I was working on my Michigan families, I decided to create a Google Map to pinpoint various locations, such as land owned, residences, and […]

Week 38 Prompt: Cousins This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Cousins.” Growing up, there were a few family members that I referred to as aunts and uncles. I never really gave it much thought—until I started doing genealogy, that is. Turns out, some of these aunts […]

Week 36 Prompt: School Days This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”School Days.” Last week, many of my genealogy friends were busy posting their yearbook photos on Facebook because Ancestry was offering their yearbook collection for free (likely a back-to-school promo). So with this week’s prompt […]

Week 35 Prompt: At Work This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”At Work.” I actually have some photos of my maternal grandfather at work. According to my mom: “Dad never liked working for anyone else. He went through a lot of jobs because he didn’t like […]

Week 34 Prompt: Tragedy This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Tragedy.” I wrote about this briefly ten years ago. Before writing this post, I set out to correlate all the information I had regarding the death of my great-grandfather George Rottman. Here’s what I’ve been able […]