From Randy over at Genea-Musings:
it's Saturday Night -
time for more Genealogy Fun!!!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:
1) Jill Ball created a 40 question "Ancestors Geneameme" in 2011, and Linda Stufflebean recently expanded it to 70 questions on her Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.
2) Let's do Linda's expanded list this week for SNGF.
3) Copy and paste the list of questions below and replace my answers with your own.
4) Share your answers as a comment on this blog post, in your own blog post, or on Facebook or Google+. Please leave a comment and link to your answer in a comment on this blog post.
Here's mine:
2) Let's do Linda's expanded list this week for SNGF.
3) Copy and paste the list of questions below and replace my answers with your own.
4) Share your answers as a comment on this blog post, in your own blog post, or on Facebook or Google+. Please leave a comment and link to your answer in a comment on this blog post.
Here's mine:
- Can name my 16 great-great grandparents. YES and NO - I know all given names - I do not know one maiden name.
- Can name my 32 great great great grandparents NO
- Can name over 50 direct ancestors YES
- Have photos or portraits of my 8 great grandparents NO
- Have an ancestor who was married more than three times YES
- Have an ancestor who was a bigamist NO (not that I know of)
- Met all four of my grandparents NO (not my paternal grandfather)
- Met one or more of my great grandparents NO
- Bear an ancestor’s given name/s YES
- Named a child after an ancestor NO
- Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland YES
- Have an ancestor from Asia NO
- Have an ancestor from continental Europe YES
- Have an ancestor from Africa NO
- Have an ancestor who was an agricultural laborer YES
- Have an ancestor who had large land holdings YES
- Have an ancestor who was a holy man – minister, priest, rabbi YES
- Have an ancestor who was a midwife NO (not that I know of)
- Have an ancestor who was an author NO
- Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng NO
- Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones NO
- Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X NO
- Have an ancestor with a forename beginning with Z NO
- Have an ancestor born on 25th December NO
- Have an ancestor born on New Year’s Day YES
- Have an ancestor who shares your day and month of birth NO
- Have blue blood in your family lines NO
- Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth NO
- Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth NO
- Can trace a direct family line back to the 18th century YES
- Can trace a direct family line back to the 17th century YES
- Can trace a direct family line back to the 16th century NO
- Have seen signatures of some of my great grandparents YES
- Have ancestors who signed with an X (or other mark) YES
- Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university NO
- Have an ancestor convicted of a criminal offense NO
- Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime YES
- Have shared an ancestor’s story online or in a magazine/periodical YES
- Have published a family history online or in print NO
- Have visited an ancestor’s home from the 19th or earlier centuries YES
- Have a family Bible from the 19th century NO
- Have a family Bible from the 18th century or earlier NO
- Have an ancestor who was part of a multiple birth (twins, etc.) YES
- Have a family member who closely resembles an ancestor YES
- Have an ancestor who owned their own business YES
- Have an ancestor who belonged to a trade guild NO
- Have an ancestor who moved more than 100 miles away from his/her birth home, EXCLUDING emigration to another country YES
- Have an ancestor who gave birth to twelve or more children YES
- Have an ancestor with a rare/unusual/uncommon forename YES
- Have an ancestral family who changed their surname YES
- Have a passenger list or travel manifest for an ancestor NO
- Have an ancestor who was adopted YES
- Have an ancestor who adopted a child NO
- Have a naturalization record for an ancestor NO
- Have an ancestor who received a military pension YES
- Have a school record or school census for an ancestor YES
- Have an ancestor with a gravestone still in existence from the 18th century YES
- Have an ancestor with a gravestone still in existence from the 17th century or earlier YES
- Have an ancestor who had only one child who survived to adulthood YES
- Are descended twice from one couple NO
- Are descended three times or more from one couple NO
- Are descended from an American president or other political figure YES (if you count local offices)
- Are descended from a person famous in history, other than in politics NO
- Have an ancestor with a rare/unusual/unique surname YES
- Have an ancestor who you have found mentioned in a pre-1870 newspaper YES
- Can name the ship on which at least one ancestor emigrated NO
- Have a female ancestor who worked outside the home pre-World War II NO
- Know of at least one ancestor who returned to the ancestral home after emigration NO
- Know of at least one ancestor who permanently returned to the ancestral home after emigration NO
- Have an ancestor who was survived by 50 or more grandchildren NO
So I have 31 (and 1/2) YES out of 70.
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