Week 7 – What the Census Suggests The Missing Thomas and Olive The census is a great record that tells us so much. It provides us with important genealogical information such as names, relationships, ages, addresses, and occupations through the years. It is a snapshot of the family. However, sometimes the information can be misleading …
Week 6 – Favourite Photo The Photo I Forgot and the Face I Finally Recognised In the 2018 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, I did a favourite photo post about a photo of my Matheson family. This definitely remains my favourite; however, I needed to find another photo to share for this year’s challenge. I …
Week 5 – A Breakthrough Moment The Two Elizabeth Appleby’s Genealogy is like detective work. You follow a lead, gather evidence, and sometimes discover something that appears to have been overlooked by others. This is how I proved that some online family trees have identified the wrong woman as the wife of George Washbrook. The …
Week 4 – A Theory in Progress Who is Phoebe Elizabeth Washbrook’s Mother? There is a birth certificate I have been trying to order since November 2025. It is sitting in the General Register Office (GRO) cloud, waiting for me to order it and download it directly to my computer. It holds the answer to …
Week 3 – What This Story Means to Me The distance between here and there Ever since I started my genealogy journey back in the 1990s, I have always wanted to know more about my English family. My parents, brother and I left England in the 1970s to journey to Mum’s birth country, Australia. I …
So, it’s already Week 2 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. You can read my other 2026 posts here or my 2018 posts here! Week 2 – A Record That Adds Colour Samuel Ernest Stokes – A Tragic Accident Back in the 1990s when I started researching my family history, my Auntie Eileen told me …
I have decided to spend 2026 getting my blog up and running again. A fitting way to do this is undertaking the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. I last undertook the challenge in 2018, and you can read those stories at 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. So, here we go with the 52 …
. I first undertook this challenge in 2018 and decided it was time to do another year of the challenge. This challenge is designed by Amy Johnson Crow and shared on her blog. Amy gives a prompt for each week, and you pick an ancestor to write about. I’ve decided to undertake the challenge this …
We are heading into another new year, 2018 is behind us, and as usual it has gone quickly. The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge this week is fittingly Resolutions. Week 52 – Resolutions I will admit I had much greater aspirations for my genealogy and blogging in 2018. It started out well, …
The Week 51 Challenge in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Nice to continue the Christmas theme as this day rapidly approaches. Week 51 – Nice I am wanting to be grateful for this weeks topic because I met so many “nice” people this year. I am grateful that we were able to …