@PattyHankins @MarianBWood @[email protected] Last year, I just did it monthly as #12Ancestors . I picked one of the prompts for that month & blogged on that. It helped. #genchat
Cousins: The Genealogy Bonus

As 2023 comes to a close, so does my year of #12Ancestors, the monthly version of #52Ancestors.  This month, I was compelled to choose the theme of “Cousins”, and in that vein I am dedicating …

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Weekend plans:
- a little housework
- take down the tree
- publish my last #12Ancestors blog post
- finish updating my new laptop
- start working on questions for the next #genchat
@MarianBWood My main 2023 #genealogy goals were to do the monthly version of #52Ancestors & to make headway on my church archive project. I think I missed just 1 month for #12Ancestors & I made a great dent in the archive project. But…I also was able to do a special project for a Christmas present, and #genchat was officially launched on Mastodon!
For November's #12Ancestors , I write about a recent discovery about my ancestor Simon Pleau dit LaFleur, who experienced both war and peace. #genealogy https://beautifulwatergenealogy.wordpress.com/2023/11/25/war-and-peace-simon-pleau-dit-lafleur/
War and Peace:  Simon Pleau dit LaFleur

For this month’s #12Ancestors theme, I’ve chosen “War and Peace”.  I’ve had a number of military ancestors, but my most recent military discovery is my eighth great-grandfather, Simon Pleau di…

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Just in time for Halloween, my #12Ancestors post on "Spirits: Ancestors Who Have Haunted Me"! #genealogy https://beautifulwatergenealogy.wordpress.com/2023/10/29/spirits-ancestors-who-have-haunted-me/
Spirits:  Ancestors Who Have Haunted Me

I’ve been blogging for over nine years now, so I’ve written about many of my ancestors and their families.  There is still a lot to learn about all of them!  However, I find myself being …

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#genealogy related things I’m working on:
- working on the 2024 #genchat schedule
- wrapping up 2023 #genchat
- #12Ancestors (the monthly version of #52Ancestors)
- church #archive project
- finalizing the Christmas project
- my own research

Partly putting this out there to remind myself why it seems like I have a lot going on, because I do!

Adversity:  Elsie (Burns) McNichol’s Divorce

Just when I thought that the story of my third great-aunt Fanny (White) (Burns) Ives and her daughter Elsie (Burns) (McNichol) Younie couldn’t get any sadder, I found yet another tragedy in Elsie’s…

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Flew the Coop:  Bertha Colomy French’s Divorce, Part 2

Last time, I wrote about my great-grandmother Bertha (Colomy/French/Spratt) Pleau’s divorce from her first husband, Frederick Morton French. (I figured divorce also fits in nicely with the #52Ances…

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A couple of weeks ago at #genchat , I referred to this amazing discovery I just made. Here is the story behind it! #genealogy #12Ancestors
https://beautifulwatergenealogy.wordpress.com/2023/07/30/in-the-news-bertha-colomy-frenchs-divorce/
In the News:  Bertha Colomy French’s Divorce

One of my burning questions about my great-grandmother Bertha Elizabeth (Colomy/French/Spratt) Pleau has been about her divorce from her first husband Frederick Morton French.  I knew they got…

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