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Which of these apply to you?
- Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents
- Can name over 50 direct ancestors
- Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents (6 of the 8. Working on the other 2)
- Have an ancestor who was married more than three times (one ancestor had at least 4 partners, but was only married to 2 of them. Not all at the same time, either, thank goodness)
- Have an ancestor who was a bigamist (if you count being married to someone while living for 30 years with someone else, then yes. Also a father & son who both committed bigamy,
- Met all four of my grandparents (I was very lucky to know them all. I was 17 when the first one died, so I had lots of years to form memories of these beautiful people)
- Met one or more of my great-grandparents (technically yes. My last great grandparent, Rosanna KING (1890 - 1970), died when I was 16 months old, so I'm sure I would've been held by her, but I just can't remember it. Just phoned my Mum & she confirmed that I'd met her)
- Named a child after an ancestor (my elder daughter is Kate, named after my mother Kathryn, & my sister, Katrina, who was also named after our mum. My younger daughter's middle name is Maree, after my middle name, & therefore my aunty's name)
- Bear an ancestor's given name/s (my aunty is Marea, & my middle name is Maree)
- Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland (all of them! I'm as Caucasian as they come. Except for my Roman toes http://janellestree.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/roman-toes.html)
- Have an ancestor from Asia
- Have an ancestor from Continental Europe
- Have an ancestor from Africa
- Have an ancestor who was an agricultural labourer
- Have an ancestor who had large land holdings (Henry TUCK (1810 - 1890) had 640 acres granted to him on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. There are still descendants living on some of the land today, although I don't know if it's still the full 640 acres)
- Have an ancestor who was a holy man - minister, priest, rabbi (my uncle, Edward Maxwell COLLINS is a St John of God Brother. My great-uncle's nephew by marriage is The Most Reverend Philip WILSON - Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide. On my husband's side his many times great uncle was Reverend William Marcus DILL MACKY. He makes searching for the MACKY family in Trove a bit tricky because he officiated at so many marriages and his name is mentioned a lot in the marriage notices)
- Have an ancestor who was a midwife (not any ancestors, but my sister is)
- Have an ancestor who was an author (Catherine FALVEY (1813 - 1894) wrote poetry, and one of her sons Henry TUCK (1845 – 1930) also wrote poetry and I have a copy of his book of poems: http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/45366593)
- Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones (not in my tree, but my husband's grandmother was Maria Skillen SMITH (1916 - 2006) )
- Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng
- Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X
- Have an ancestor with a forename beginning with Z
- Have an ancestor born on 25th December (none that I can find)
- Have an ancestor born on New Year's Day 3
- Have blue blood in your family lines (nope, just red)
- Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
- Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
- Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century (all of them)
- Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier (a couple of lines)
- Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents (3 of the 8)
- Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X (the most recent was Ada MORRANT who married William Joshua BARRETT at St Silas Church, Waterloo, Sydney in 1883)
- Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university (not that I know of)
- Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offence (4 convicts in my tree, & a few who probably did a few naughty things in their time)
- Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime (a few had things stolen from them, at least one had a bigamous husband, and undoubtedly other stuff that Trove hasn't revealed to me yet, if ever)
- Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine (Tell us where) Yes, my ancestor's stories are earlier in this blog. Also, my ancestor Esther SALAMON/SPENCER/FITZ/STUBBS/BIGGE's story was included in a book, as well as a photographic exhibition at the Museum of Sydney in April 2013. I've blogged about all of these events in the last two years.
- Have published a family history online or in print (Details please) http://janellestree.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/our-new-book-has-arrived.html This is the link to my blog post about the publication of our book called Convicts Down Under, featuring the stories of seven convicts.
- Have visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries (Yes, the land that was owned by the CRUCKSHANK family near Uralla, NSW. The house was long gone, sadly)
- Still have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family (the land granted to Henry TUCK, mentioned in #15)
- Have a family bible from the 19th Century (There is a TUCK family bible that of course I would love to own. It's current custodian is another family member, presumably in Victoria. I'm currently on the trail of finding out who has it so I can get some photos of it. I know the first marriage in it has a bogus date - a mystery I'm still solving)
- Have a pre-19th century family bible (I wish!!)
Thanks, Janelle, for this response. I enjoyed reading about your ancestors.
ReplyDeleteI've added it to the list of responses at
http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/ancestors-geneameme-responses.html