What’s Your Number? Revisited, Yet Again!

I seem to get around to the every two years. It started in 2012, with follow ups in 2015 and 2017. Now it’s 2019, so I thought I’d provide another update.

52 Ancestors #49: Grandpa’s Miniatures

Week 49 Prompt: Craft This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “Craft.” My maternal grandfather was considered a craftsman. He was primarily a tool and die maker, a type of machinist. Eventually, he decided to work for himself and had his own private workshop in the […]

52 Ancestors #48: My File Cabinet Is a Thief!

Week 48 Prompt: Thief This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “Thief.” I am not aware of any thieves in my family and had no idea what to write about for this prompt. Then I got to thinking about a record that has gone missing. I […]

52 Ancestors #47: Veterans

Week 47 Prompt: Soldier This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Soldier.” I have many soldiers in my family tree. I thought I’d use this opportunity to create a list of them by war. Not only is this a way to honor each of them, it also […]

52 Ancestors #46: Poor Philip

Week 46 Prompt: Poor Man This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is ”Poor Man.” I decided not to go the monetary route. Instead, I’m going the emotional route; a sad story about my second great-grandfather—poor Philip. As I’ve stated in this blog before, Philip Rottman is […]

52 Ancestors #45: Rich Man

Week 45 Prompt: Rich Man This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Rich Man.” My fifth great-grandfather, Captain Robert Parks was rich with kids, and had some money to boot. Of his total fourteen children, only two died as infants. So when he set out for Michigan […]

ISFHWE Now Accepting Entries for 2019 & 2020 Excellence-in-Writing Competition

  Entries for the 2019 & 2020 International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) Excellence-in-Writing Competition are now being accepted. Submissions are due by March 15, 2020. Both ISFHWE members and non-members are allowed to enter the competition. A discounted entry fee is […]

52 Ancestors #44: Happy Halloween!

Week 44 Prompt: Trick or Treat This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Trick or Treat.” Thinking along the lines of Halloween, I remembered one of my favorite cards. It’s a cute, yet simple Halloween card, that my dad gave me, probably a year or two before […]