Beautiful Water Genealogy

As I introduce Jason and Lucy Williams’ children, I’ll go in birth order with one exception: I’ll be saving Martha for next-to-last.

Years ago when I wrote about my third great-grandfather John Wesley Williams, I stated that he was born “in Cambridge, Washington County, NY to Jason and Lucy Williams”.

Discovering how my great-great grandfather George Pleau became a citizen was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle from different clues in records, historical facts, a newspaper article and one key find via FamilySearch Full Text Search.

One of the hardest things to find, particularly as a new genealogist, is the home village of your Eastern European ancestors.

In my first post about my second great-grandparents Adam and Elisabeth Valek, I listed who I believe were all their children.

In 2015, I wrote about how my grandfather and great-grandmother fared after the 1932 death of my great-grandfather George Edmund Pleau.

In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project.

Did you ever go down the rabbit hole of an internet search and discover something pretty fascinating?

As 2023 comes to a close, so does my year of #12Ancestors, the monthly version of #52Ancestors.

For this month’s #12Ancestors theme, I’ve chosen “War and Peace”.

In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project.