Genealogy, inspired!
Hello and Welcome to E Day of the A to Z Challenge! Name: Elizabeth Thompson Vital Information: It is believed that Elizabeth was born in 1798 and died in 1857 in North Carolina, USA. Relation to Me: Elizabeth is my maternal 4x great grandma. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Elizabeth remains, largely, an enigma as I haven’t been able…
Hello and Welcome to D Day! We’re four days in! How are you doing with the challenge? Are you finding it challenging to post daily? Are you participating in the Blog Hop? Popping around to see how others are doing and what they’re up to? I have to say, as much as I love the…
Hello and Welcome to C Day! Name: Cora Mae Gill Vital Information: Cora was born on 16 January 1874. She died on 12 July 1894 in childbirth with her first and only child, my great grandpa Philetus. Relation to Me: Paternal 2x great grandma. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Cora and I were both young moms (she 20 and…
Hello and Welcome to B Day! Name: Benoni Of course, right out of the gates on Day Two, I cannot find a single direct (proven) ancestor whose first name begins with B. Goodness. So, instead of first name, we’re heading all the back 250 years (!) to reach a B middle name. Vital Information: Francois…
Hello and Welcome to Day One: A Day! Kin Name: Arthur Cloutier Vital Information: Born 5 April 1923 in New Hampshire, USA to Camille and Delia. Died 5 March 2010 in Connecticut, USA. Relation to Me: Paternal Grandfather Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: While I did not have the opportunity to meet Arthur due to his death before my…
In order to kick start my new site and find my genealogy groove again after a few months of focusing on a single ancestor in my free time, I’ve decided to challenge myself by participating in the 2025 A to Z Challenge. This will be my first time participating in such a challenge and I…
If you’ve been around for a while, you might notice that the site looks a bit different today than it did last week! That’s because, after two years of genealogy blogging on Squarespace and micro-blogging on Instagram, I’ve decided to switch it up and move to WordPress. Why is that? Well, while Squarespace offered an…
Sibling Season falls in the space between Winter and Spring and is roughly eight weeks long. It is the space between one gifting a DNA test to someone, that person taking and submitting that test, and their results being published to the site.
No matter why the test was given or taken, statistics show that surprises are more common than many of us would like to believe.