The Ancestors' Geneameme
The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type
You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each item
Which of these apply to you?
- Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents
- Can name over 50 direct ancestors
- Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents
- Have an ancestor who was married more than three times
- Have an ancestor who was a bigamist
- Met all four of my grandparents (I met all 5 when including my step grandfather)
- Met one or more of my great-grandparents (spent 12-14 years with two)
- Named a child after an ancestor (although I didn't know it at the time)
- Bear an ancestor's given name/s
- Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland
- Have an ancestor from Asia
- Have an ancestor from Continental Europe (LOTS)
- Have an ancestor from Africa
- Have an ancestor who was an agricultural labourer
- Have an ancestor who had large land holdings (not sure what "large" means)
- Have an ancestor who was a holy man - minister, priest, rabbi
- Have an ancestor who was a midwife
- Have an ancestor who was an author
- Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones (Jones as both first and last name)
- Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng
- Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X
- Have an ancestor with a forename beginnining with Z
- Have an ancestor born on 25th December
- Have an ancestor born on New Year's Day
- Have blue blood in your family lines
- Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
- Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
- Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century
- Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier
- Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents (great great great)
- Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X
- Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university
- Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offense
- Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime
- Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine (Tell us where)
- Have published a family history online or in print (Details please)
- Have visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries (the city in one instance and have seen the home on the internet in another)
- Still have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family
- Have a family bible from the 19th Century
- Have a pre-19th century family bible
G'day Debi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining the meme challenge. One benefit I reap from this meme is that I get to meet new genies and find their blogs.
Debi,
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love these memes? I enjoy doing them!
Sometimes I feel really good about what I've already accomplished and other times I'm adding stuff to my to-do list. :-)
My post comes out tomorrow!
Cindy
P.S. I enjoyed yours!!
ReplyDeleteAlso I don't know why your email was returned! That has happened randomly in the past.
Yes, we'll keep an eye out for our Wallers. Who knows we may cross branches yet! :-)
ok...I am really new at this. Found you by accident. E.L.Waller was my 4th greatgrandfather. His daughter Caroline married Joseph Foster. There son Jessi L Foster married Josephine Ollentine. They had my great grandmother Gladys m foster. Gladys had a sister named Clarinda. I am very interested in contact with you. tamiworkman79@gmail.com I am in Illinois very close to where they lived. Will be going to libraray soon to see what I can find locally on them. Can't wait to hear from you!
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