Lacie's Genealogy Blog

  It's  Saturday Night  -  time for more  Genealogy Fun!   Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1)  What Keeps You From Doing Genealogy?  What real life activity do you have to do, or like to do, that takes time away from genealogy research? 2)  Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. The usually things like eating, personal care, cleaning, and occasionally going to the park. I watch TV occasionally.  I go on social media (Twitter and Facebook) and read and write  blog posts. I commit to spiritual practices that can vary day to day. I also attend school which takes away eight hours a day, five days a week.  I try to get at least one nap in a day. 

      It's  Saturday Night  -  time for more  Genealogy Fun!   Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1)  Participate in the  Ancestors GeneaMeme  created by Jill Ball on the  Geniaus  blog back in 2011! 2)  Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. The Rules, and the Meme list, is given below in my response. The Rules: The list should be annotated in the following manner: Things you have already done or found: bold face type Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional) Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each item The Meme:   Which of these apply to you? 1.  Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents 2.  Can name over 50 direct ancestors (I am not sure all from memory)...

It's  Saturday Night  -  time for more  Genealogy Fun!   Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1)  Let's have some genealogy fun tonight and answer some family history-related questions with four responses (Four Things!). 2)  Share your answers with us in your own blog, in a Facebook or Instagram post, or in the comments on this blog post.  Please leave a link to anything you post elsewhere in a comment. *Updated on August 6 2025* Four names I go by: 1. Lacie 2. Lacie-Lace 3. Lace 4. Mama Four interesting places I have been: 1. San Diego, California 2. Las Vegas, Nevada 3. Detroit, Michigan 4. Phoenix, Arizona Four ancestors: Tracy D Barton Gursie Gable Charles W Armstead Loretta Baker Four favorite genealogy record collections: 1. Historical newspapers 2. Census 3. Military Records 4. Probate Records

   It's  Saturday Night  -  time for more  Genealogy Fun!   Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1)  The 1950 United States Census was released by the U.S. National Archives on Friday, 1 April 2022.   2)  Did you make a list of your census targets and try to find them in the 1950 census?  How did your plans pay off - did you find everyone, or just some of them? 3) Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook post. Be sure to leave a link with your answers in a comment. I made my list of targets a few weeks ago. The National Archives 1950 census website opened at 9:00 p.m MT on March 31st. The first search I made was for my great-grandmother, Clara Armstead. I found her immediately - she was the first result that came up! Her then-husband, Anthony, was on the previous page as she and her sons were on the same page. So far, I...