GenChat… WARNING: Love Letters (& Nostalgia) Don’t Mix! 12 Mar 201413 Mar 2014 I had participated in a GenChat nearly a fortnight ago [Next MAR14 9pm Central], when the Pirate Queen handed out an assignment. [Yes, I know, she is becoming very glib with…
52Ancestors… #52Ancestors No.9 Mary Bertha (MAW) JACOBS [C3R] 26 Feb 201426 Apr 2014 MARY BERTHA (MAW) JACOBS, was born 25JAN1881 to JOHN MAW (05MAY1831-31JUL1896) and the former ALICE ATKINSON (30NOV1845-14MAY1927) in Castlemore, Peel County, ON. She was my cousin 3times removed. In 1901,…
52Ancestors… #52Ancestors No.8 Dr. Herbert Alban Stanley TREADGOLD, M.D. [C3R] 17 Feb 201426 Apr 2014 HERBERT ALBAN STANLEY TREADGOLD, was born 08JAN1876 to GEORGE TREADGOLD (05MAY1831-31JUL1896) and the former ELIZABETH BETHIA ATKINSON (30NOV1845-14MAY1927) in Bolton, King Township, York County, ON. He studied medical sciences at…
52Ancestors… #52Ancestors No.7: Thomas James FARDING [C3R] 10 Feb 201426 Apr 2014 This week's ancestor is a puzzle. (Yeah, I have a couple of real mind-benders, but I'll give you this not-so-hard one, first.). Oh, and both puzzles are a couple of…
genealogy… RootsTech 2014: It May Be the Last 3 Feb 201413 Mar 2014 4am and I wake suddenly from a sound sleep. Fearfully, I look about in an obvious panic. Where is SHE?!? [Silence.]. Silence? What's that? As any parent with young, hyperly-active…
52Ancestors… #52Ancestors No.5 Jean Burgess ATKINSON WWII [C3R] 29 Jan 201426 Apr 2014 She was my cousin twice times removed. [C2R]
GenChat… Why Do I Do, What I Do, Like That? 14 Jan 2014 I do not know how better to title this, other than what you see above. (I am open to suggestions, if you can think of something "catchy."). As to "Why"…
52Ancestors… #52Ancestors No.2: Wesley Wilbert ATKINSON [C3R] 14 Jan 201426 Apr 2014 WESLEY WILBERT ATKINSON, born 13AUG1898* to SOLOMON GEORGE ATKINSON (1856-1944) and the former Isabella Catherine SHEARDOWN (1862-1933) in York County, Ontario, was the seventh of nine children (4 boys, 5…
GenChat… What Did You Miss Friday Night? 13 Jan 201418 Jan 2015 Genchat, unfortunately. The first #genchat gathering (Fri JA10 9pm Central) of 2014 was surprisingly attended by more first-timers than regulars! Treeverne Upon the Gene (our virtual meeting place) was…