Friday 14 October 2011

The Ancestors' Geneameme

Thanks to Jill Ball of Geniaus for starting this geneameme. My list is annotated as follows:

  • Things I have already done or found
  • Things I would like to have done or found
  • Things I haven’t done or found
  1. Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents (http://goo.gl/A6rcI)
  2. Can name over 50 direct ancestors (214)
  3. Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents (6 so far http://goo.gl/A6rcI)
  4. Have an ancestor who was married more than three times
  5. Have an ancestor who was a bigamist
  6. Met all four of my grandparents (1 died before I was born)
  7. Met one or more of my great-grandparents (all died before I was born)
  8. Named a child after an ancestor (my daughter's second name is Laura after my grandfather, Lawrence George Buchanan Davis http://goo.gl/Nmsw1)
  9. Bear an ancestor's given name/s (My middle name is Mary. I have 15 ancestors with that name.)
  10. Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland (All except one)
  11. Have an ancestor from Asia
  12. Have an ancestor from Continental Europe (Julius Wilhelm Fritz from Bahn, Pomerania, Prussia http://goo.gl/B2SUH)
  13. Have an ancestor from Africa
  14. Have an ancestor who was an agricultural labourer (6)
  15. Have an ancestor who had large land holdings
  16. Have an ancestor who was a holy man - minister, priest, rabbi (2 great-grandfathers and 1 great great grandfather were clergymen)
  17. Have an ancestor who was a midwife
  18. Have an ancestor who was an author
  19. Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones (I have three different lines called Smith)
  20. Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng
  21. Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X
  22. Have an ancestor with a forename beginning with Z
  23. Have an ancestor born on 25th December
  24. Have an ancestor born on New Year's Day
  25. Have blue blood in your family lines
  26. Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth (My mother was born in Canada http://goo.gl/ewLZj)
  27. Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
  28. Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century
  29. Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier (1555 http://goo.gl/vJrF5)
  30. Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents
  31. Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X
  32. Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university (theological college http://goo.gl/262WU)
  33. Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offence (http://goo.gl/aw4Ob)
  34. Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime (http://goo.gl/RZ7Dm)
  35. Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine (http://cmgurney.blogspot.com)
  36. Have published a family history online or in print (http://www.carosfamily.com)
  37. Have visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries
  38. Still have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family
  39. Have a  family bible from the 19th Century
  40. Have a pre-19th century family bible

4 comments:

  1. It's great to have copies of ancestors' signatures. If I cannot find a photo of the person, I make a special effort to find a sample of his/her handwriting. I've found signatures in probate files (in wills and in affidavits of executors and beneficiaries), land selection files, parish registers, original marriage certificates, Supreme Court equity files, and lots of other sources.

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  2. Thanks, Caroline. Pleased you were up with the birds and were able to share some of your family facts with us.

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  3. Thanks, Judy and Jill. I found this really interesting. It has also given me some new ideas for blogging - one of which would be a piece on ancestors' signatures, Judy.

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  4. I will look forward to reading your blog post about ancestors' signatures, Caroline.

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