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Week 24: Popular Name

The theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Popular Name. I thought I would talk about my Grandfather’s family for this topic. Here is a link for a guide to traditional Scottish naming patterns that I found helpful. The link is from Find My Past, this is a really good website for records fromContinue reading “Week 24: Popular Name”

Week 21 Yearbook

I am loving all the yearbook photos that come up as hints on Ancestry. It’s fun to see photos of family from ‘back in the day.’ Some ancestors I wouldn’t have a photo of it weren’t for these hints. I have to be careful and check where they were living at the time the photoContinue reading “Week 21 Yearbook”