Skip to content

Family History Food

recipes // tips // tricks // shop
  • Home
  • Blog
    • 52 Ancestors
  • Recipes
    • Etta’s Eats
  • Vintage Shop
  • About

Category: 52ancestors

  • 52ancestors
Gall familySan DiegoTrips

52 Ancestors: Road Trip

nitemere11 May 5, 2019 No Comments

As I have mentioned numerous times, newspapers are my favorite tool in genealogy. It’s amazing the information you can find in a newspaper! One evening, “52 Ancestors: Road Trip”

  • 52ancestors
GallMcCallumSan Diegowedding

52 Ancestors: In The Paper

nitemere11 March 31, 2019 1 Comment

This is the story of two women, who used a photo, a marriage certificate, and the newspaper to learn about a wedding. (Bonus points if “52 Ancestors: In The Paper”

  • 52ancestors
Stoughton familyWindsor Connecticut

52 Ancestors: 12

nitemere11 March 24, 2019 No Comments

This week’s prompt is 12, so I decided to focus on a place with 12 letters: South Windsor (and the surrounding area), in Connecticut, along “52 Ancestors: 12”

  • 52ancestors
Canadalarge familyMoore family

52 Ancestors: Large Family

nitemere11 March 17, 2019 No Comments

When I began my genealogy journey, my mom was telling me the things she knew about her family. One of the things was that her “52 Ancestors: Large Family”

  • 52ancestors
Crowe familyLorane Oregon

52 Ancestors: Bachelor Uncle

nitemere11 March 10, 2019 No Comments

The subject of this week’s post is my 3rd great uncle and oldest brother of my 2nd great-grandfather, John Nelson Crow. I stumbled upon him “52 Ancestors: Bachelor Uncle”

  • 52ancestors

52 Ancestors: Love

nitemere11 February 16, 2019 1 Comment

When I think of love, I think of hearts, so I thought for this week I would highlight my 9x great-grandfather and one of the “52 Ancestors: Love”

  • 52ancestors

52 Ancestors: Surprise

nitemere11 February 10, 2019 2 Comments

One of my favorite places to research my family history is newspapers. You never know what kind of surprise you may find! Recently, I was “52 Ancestors: Surprise”

  • 52ancestors

52 Ancestors: At The Library

nitemere11 February 3, 2019 No Comments

One of my goals this year is to learn more about my ancestors’ everyday lives. I began with my grandfather William Gordon McCallum, who served “52 Ancestors: At The Library”

  • 52ancestors

52 Ancestors: I’d Like to Meet

nitemere11 January 27, 2019 No Comments

I landed on the ancestor I would like to meet fairly quickly. Although I wish I could meet each of my ancestors, especially those with “52 Ancestors: I’d Like to Meet”

  • 52ancestors

52 Ancestors: Unusual Name

nitemere11 January 20, 2019 No Comments

A short post for the week, to highlight that sometimes it is the pronunciation of a name that makes it unusual. At first glance, my “52 Ancestors: Unusual Name”

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 … Page 6 Next page

Follow Us!

Discover you family history through historical newspapers at Newspapers.com








Valentine's Day Gabriel Fine Jewelry





Subscribe to Family History Food via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Family History Food | Designed by: Theme Freesia | WordPress | © Copyright All right reserved | Shop