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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your 2025 “Dear Genea-Santa” Letter

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. Here's your chance to sit on Genea-Santa's lap (virtually) and tell him your Christmas genealogy-oriented wish list: 1) Write your 2025 Genea-Santa letter. Have you been a good genealogy girl or boy? What genealogy-oriented items are on your Christmas wish list? They could be family history items, technology items, or things that you want to pursue in your ancestral quest. 2) Tell us about them in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post. Dear Genea-Santa, I have been a fairly good genea-girl this year. I have recently started blogging again after taking a break for two years, and I have occasionally written blog posts in the last five months. I’ve als...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Six Word Memoirs(s)

Hey boys and girls, it's time for more genealogy fun. Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!): 1) Larry Smith invented six-word memoirs (see https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/ ). 2) How do you want to be remembered? What is most important to you? What six-word memoirs would you write? 3) Write at least one, on any subject, and the sky is no limit. 4) Tell us about your six word memoir(s) in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post of mine, or in a comment on Twitter or Facebook in response to this post. To do this challenge, I tried to answer the question Randy gave: How do you want to be remembered? To be honest, I found it difficult to answer this because I was thinking about how I wanted other people see me — and that felt weird to me. But discussing it about w...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Records With Your First Name and Surname

It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! 1) You were born and given a forename (first name and middle name(?)) and a surname on your birth certificate. What were they? 2) How many persons are on the FamilySearch Family Tree (with an exact search for a birth name) with your first and, separately, your surname? Are there any other persons with your complete first-middle-surnames? 3) How many matches do you have when you search the FamilySearch Historical Records (with an exact search for a name) with your first name, and separately, with your surname? Are there any other persons with your complete first-middle -surname? 4) How many person are in the Public Ancestry Member Tree collection (with an exact search for a name) with your first name and, separately, your surname? Are there any other persons with your complete f...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your "Favorite" Genealogy Researchers, Speakers, Writers?

It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! 1) Who are your favorite genealogy researchers, speakers or writers? Who do you learn from? Please list ten or more genealogists who contribute to your genealogy education and experience through books, magazines, videos, podcasts, social media, websites, blogs, webinars, seminars, conferences, presentations, workshops, meetings, other ways or venues, etc. I know this assignment was originally posted in January of last year. However, I wanted to go back and review the older assignments I missed since I've been away. I know that Randy calls for ten or more genealogists, but currently, I don't have ten or more favorites, or at least truly favorites, so the list won’t be ten people or more. That’s my adjustment to the assignment today . Crista Cowan - Crista was my first genealogy teacher via her Ancestry YouTube videos. When she is presenting, whether that be at the RootsTech...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Best or Important Image or Document Recently Found Online

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 is the best or important image or document that you have recently found online? [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!] 2) Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. When Fold3 had their yearly free access to military records, I jumped at the opportunity to search for my 3rd great-grandfather, Oscar Barton. There I found a muster roll for him during his service in the American Civil War. I had not downloaded the image above yet, though I believe it is also on the National Archives website.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Plans to Travel for Onsite Genealogy Research

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) Do you have plans to travel to do onsite genealogy research? [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!] 2) Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. I don't have many plans to travel to do onsite genealogy research in the near future. If I could go anywhere, I would love to go to Illinois to meet Jennifer Holik. We made a connection and I see her as a mentor. I would go to New York to research my NY ancestors and to solve mysteries. I would go to the National Archives in St. Louis and in Washington D.C. to gain military records for my ancestors. On my mother’s side there are possible traces of English ancestry. If I can prove this, I would like to go to the ancest...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Paternal Grandfather's Matrilineal Line

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) Who is in your paternal grandfather's matrilineal line (i.e., the mother of your paternal grandfather, and her mother, etc.) 2) Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. * My paternal grandfather was Fletcher Pearson (1919-1986). * His mother was Gussie Gable (1896-1963), who married George W. Pearson (1892-?). * Her mother was Mary B Burns (1877-1946), who married John Welsey Gable (1872-?). * Her mother was Rhoda (1842-?), who married William Burns (1834-?).

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun- What Genealogy Search/Research Did You Do Last Week?

It's Saturday Night - time for more Genealogy Fun! Your mission, should you accept it(cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to 1) What genealogy search/research did you do last week? Did you have a research goal or plan? Tell us about one or more search/research session. 2) Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. I didn't do any research last week, but the week before that, I did a little research on my 2nd great-uncle, Jesse Jay Barton. I reviewed old research to possibly explore new avenues on his experience in an orphanage with his brother, Oscar. Last year, I found a newspaper article about the arrest of my potential 2nd great-grandmother, Rosa Mott, which could play a part in why Oscar, Jesse, and Clara were placed in children's homes. I have to write an email to the Broome County Historical Society to see if there are any jail...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - What Excites About Your Genealogy Research?

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 Excites You About Genealogy Research? What part of performing genealogy and family history research really excites you - what keeps you coming back day after day? 2) Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. Like Randy, the "Thrill of the Hunt" keeps me going day after day. I get excited when I find a new discovery of uncovered information. A whole new awareness can come up that wasn’t once available before and to be able to use that to gain a new perspective or a new puzzle piece to a situation or story. * Solving mysteries such as DNA matches, why did they do that? * There is a feeling of a personal connection with ancestors Even though you don’t know them personall...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - What Keeps You From Doing Genealogy?

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.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Jill Ball's Ancestor Meme

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)...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Four Things

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