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The Great Plains
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 14: Great Week 14 should be great… because that’s the theme! It could be someone many generations back (like a great-great-great-great-great-grandfather), an ancestor who did something “great,”…
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The Harmonious Hardings
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 13 PROMPT: Any musicians in the family? How about someone who loved music and dancing? What about someone who makes you think of a song? I am…
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Living with Loss
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 12: Loss PROMPT: Loss is universal. There are many ways to explore this theme, whether it’s the loss of a loved one, a livelihood, freedom. You could…
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The Real Thing
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 11: Fortune PROMPT: Week 11’s theme is “Fortune.” Merriam-Webster gives several definitions for fortune: A large sum of money; prosperity attained partly through luck; or destiny, fate.…
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John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 10: Name’s the Same PROMPT: Is there a name that keeps popping up in your family tree? Have you had to sort out multiple people with the…
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Double the Pleasure!
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 9: Multiples PROMPT: Any twins in the family? What about triplets? Or maybe you have an ancestor like my 3rd-great grandmother who was married multiple times. How…
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Twenty-Two Horsepower
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Week 8: Power PROMPT: “Power.” Does that mean physical strength, political power, power in the family, electrical power? Yes. 😉 It’s a vague theme on purpose 🙂 It’s whatever…
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On This Day: Woody’s Anthem
Eighty-one years ago today, Woody Guthrie composed what some might call an alternate “National Anthem.” Woody composed “This Land is Your Land” at the Hanover House hotel at 6th Avenue and 43rd Street in…
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Inmate No. 33501
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 7 – Unusual Source Prompt: Not all of our genealogy discoveries come in the “regular” sources like vital records and the census. What is a discovery that you’ve…
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