Posted by in 52ancestors, Bass, DNA, Irish Roots, Moran, New York Research, Norway, Osborne I have been mulling the topic of this post for a few days. Trying to figure out where to go with it and trying to figure out if there was a big A-Ha moment in my research and I really couldn’t come up with anything. Looking back I would have to say the biggest surprises…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, New York Research, Witherwax This week’s theme is “In the Library”. Back in the 1980’s I used to spend summers with my grandparents up on the farm. The farm was located in Peru, NY on a dead-end road. We were the only people who lived on the road. The farm was bordered by an apple orchard and the Northway.…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, DellaVecchia, New York Research, Stewart, Witherwax This prompt always makes me want to smile. I spend a lot of time working on my family tree and when I do that I generally let myself listen to my gut and let it guide me because I feel that is my predecessors speaking to me. I would love to meet the following people…Read more »
Posted by in Beardsley, cemetery, Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Witherwax It is a rainy and rather dreary day here in Queens, I am stuck at work. I am dreaming a research trip or two. I am at the point in some of my lines where I need a good old-fashioned boots on the ground research trip. I haven’t been to a library or an archive…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, DellaVecchia, Witherwax Last year for 52 ancestors there was a post about unusual or Favorite names and I wrote about Bezaleel Wood. When looking at my family and the names none of them seem particularly unusual. Maybe that is because my first name is Chiara. It is a family name, as I am named after my grandmother, who…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, New York Research Well, it is onto week 2 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestor’s Challenge. As soon as I heard the prompt for this week of challenge, I kind of knew what I wanted to talk about. It wasn’t necessarily an ancestor but the Challenge of Researching in a particular time and place. For me that place is the…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Norway, Osborne Well, let’s hope I complete more of 2019 than I did for 2018. So the goal is more than 13. Wish me luck. Here we go Week 1 – the prompt FIRST…For this I decided to concentrate on my husband’s family and his Norwegian Great-Great Grandfather Neils Osborne. I always thought the Osborne was Irish…Read more »
