And They Were Great!

I’m a day late, but thought I’d participate in Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun over at Genea-Musings.  This topic was to post informaton about our 16 great-great-grandparents.   1. William Amore b. February 6, 1828 in Albany, N.Y.  d. February 9, 1896 in Coshocton County, Ohio.  On the 1880 Census, he listed that his father [...]

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Connecting Names with Relationships

As I peruse my family file, I’ve come across some of the names listed in the reunion announcement of the first Amore-Werts reunion held on May 25, 1924 at the home of my great-grandparents, (William) Henry and (Mary Angelina) Annie (Werts) Amore. Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Amore – my great-grandparents Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Baker [...]

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Bringing Families Together

This time of year families migrate back together from either distant areas of the country or through forgiveness and hope for the coming year.  There are many who spend Thanksgiving alone either by choice or circumstance.  With our technology even those who are alone or too far away from loved ones, can now spend a [...]

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The Empty Chair

At our first “Cousins” reunion in the summer of 2002, we all spread out in the garage, the kitchen area and the dining area to eat.  At the dining table there was a chair placed at the head/corner of the table with an empty place setting.  I assumed it was set there in case someone [...]

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Some Brick Walls Plowed Through

In the last few weeks I’ve been able to plow through some of the brick walls that I’ve run into during my research.  I mentioned some of them in this post, however, the ancestors I’ve found, weren’t listed. My paternal 2nd great-grandmother Louisa Bookless (b. 13 Apr 1834 d. 26 Jul 1912) and her: parents: David [...]

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Trying to Bulldoze Through the Brick Walls

There have been several times in the past where I’ve come to a brick wall – more like a cement wall – unmovable and indestructable.  When I’ve come to a screeching halt in my research, I’ve generally focused on either other activities or other names in my ancestry.  I think it is usually a case [...]

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Migrations

So many times when we locate an ancestor they have migrated from where they were born or married or built a home, to another area possibly a great distance away.  What prompts these moves?  What was it they were searching for or hoping to gain by moving? There are many web sites dealing in reasons [...]

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More Family Stats

Here’s some more of my family statistics.  My maternal grandparents – Glen Roy Johnson Sr. and Vesta Christina Wilt – had: – 4 Children (the last was premature and died at 6 weeks) - 8 Grandchildren – 16 Great-grandchildren – 16 Great-Great-grandchildren Total of 44 Descendents!   My paternal grandparents – Lloyd William Amore and Ella [...]

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Family Stats (Updated May 6, 2008)

My husband likes to say that family trees should look like a tree (smaller at the top and getting larger as you get to the bottom) not look like a box!  That’s because he doesn’t understand what the fascination is to find out all the children of the 5th great aunt or uncle and their descendents.  [...]

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