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52 Ancestors: Prompt 4 – A Theory in Progress

I was trying to find something to talk about from my volunteer work or client work related to “A Theory in Progress” but the thing that popped in my head first was my maternal 3x great grandma Susan Huff. I talk a lot about my mother’s line and Susan has always been the last mother…

52 Ancestors: Prompt 3 – What This Story Means to Me

With this prompt I will be talking about the story, as we know it now, of how Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Carson, California was formed. This post isn’t about a specific ancestor, but it was what popped in my head first when I saw this prompt. I am working with Aisha Woods, the founder…

52 Ancestors: Prompt 2 – Lucius Lehman – A Record That Adds Color

Continuing on with 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (though I think I’m just going to call this 52 prompts at this point. lol ), and the second is ‘A Record That Adds Color”. Again I am going to share some research I’ve done for other projects instead of my own ancestors. This post is on…

52 Ancestors: Prompt 1 – Aberdeen Butler – An Ancestor I Admire

I’ve decided to do Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. A lot of prompts this year seem to bring to mind things that come to mind from the research I have done. And seeing as I mostly do research on other people’s ancestors I plan to focus most of my posts on…

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Hi, I’m Colleen. I have been interested in history since at least high school and became interested in genealogy in 1996. I’m using this blog to share my discoveries both from my family history and general history. Follow me on Twitter.

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