Family Tree Frog

Image by Ekaterine Kantaria from Pixabay The theme for Week 2 is "Origins." Genealogists often get the question, "Where is your family from?" With this week's theme, you could explore an immigrant ancestor, but you could also think about the origin of other aspects of your family. Who was the first person in your family to settle in a particular town? If you have a long line of people with the same occupation, talent, etc, who was the first person you know who did it? If you want to join the challenge, sign up here. Here is my latest ethnicity estimate from Ancestry which, if you have taken a test with Ancesry, you can find under the DNA tab, sub-heading Origins. This has changed over time and there are reasons for that but I don't claim to be a DNA expert so you will have to look elsewhere for an answer.  Suffice it to say that my Irish percentage has increased significantly.  And in my youth I did have a lot of people tell me that I looked very Iri...

  Ahnentafel Number 16 Context for discovery: This biography was written as part of the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks exercise devised by Amy Johnson Crow.   You can join in too here. The theme for this week is Character. Amy says: “Every family has a person who might be described as a "character." But that's not the only way you might interpret this theme. What about someone named for a famous character, working through a language that uses characters other than what you're used to, or deciphering a character on a tombstone? Be creative and have fun! “ Edward was my 2 nd great-grandfather on my paternal side of the family. Conner is spelled variously as CONNER and CONNOR and can be mis-transcribed as CORMER just to make the hunt even more exciting. This blog post is a compilation of several blog posts I have written about Edward and his family. Childhood   Birth Date/Place : Edward was born circa 1829 Marylebone, Middlesex, England. I don’t have a full ...