A Horse is A Horse, Of Course Of Course
Thanks to everyone who has been following along on this journey. Moving onto Week 18 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, the...
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Laura Weber
- Apr 26, 2023
- 4 min
Reunited Through Science
April 25th is National DNA Day. DNA Day is an annual celebration of the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery...
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Laura Weber
- Apr 19, 2023
- 7 min
A Taxi Wedding & a Mutt and Jeff Tattoo
I've previously touched on my ongoing research into Juliette DeVries here and introduced her parents and specifically her father here....
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Laura Weber
- Apr 12, 2023
- 5 min
A Life of Complicated Solitude
Solitude can be a complicated thing in a person's life. An introvert may desire a peaceful and quiet environment where they can recharge...
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Laura Weber
- Apr 6, 2023
- 5 min
Begins with a Vowel
My email this week advised me that we're more than a quarter of the way through the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks writing challenge! Some of...
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Laura Weber
- Mar 21, 2023
- 5 min
Lineage Societies and Genealogy
Moving right along to Week 12 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, the writing prompt this week is "Membership." Lineage societies...
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Laura Weber
- Mar 14, 2023
- 6 min
Luck of the Irish ☘️
My current AncestryDNA Ethnicity Estimate states I am 28% Irish. My traditional genealogical research suggests I am closer to 22%. St....
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Laura Weber
- Mar 8, 2023
- 3 min
The X-Mark Signature
Genealogy requires a lot more than simply clicking the wiggling green leaves on Ancestry.com, saving the predetermined information, and,...
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Laura Weber
- Mar 1, 2023
- 4 min
Gone Too Soon
I imagine we all have ancestors or family members that we wish we could still pick up the phone and talk to. Whether they died hundreds...
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Laura Weber
- Feb 21, 2023
- 3 min
Identifying America's Enslaved
Week 8 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks writing challenge has the potential to be a bit heavier than some of my previous posts. The topic...
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Laura Weber
- Feb 16, 2023
- 3 min
Outcasted
Oxford defines outcast as, "a person who is not accepted by other people and who sometimes has to leave their home and friends." At one...
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Laura Weber
- Feb 8, 2023
- 3 min
Tonsils and a Spaghetti Dinner
Long before Snapchat, Tiktok, Instagram, and Facebook, even before MySpace, AOL chat rooms, and BBSes (where are my former Wizard...
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Laura Weber
- Feb 2, 2023
- 3 min
Oops!
Can you believe we have already made it to week 5 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge? This week's prompt is "Oops." This is such a...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 26, 2023
- 3 min
The Most Powerful Weapon
Time for another addition of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This week's prompt? Education. Education hasn't been a significant focus of my...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 18, 2023
- 3 min
Out Of Place
Back for week three of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks writing challenge. I struggled a bit more with this topic, than others. Not because...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 11, 2023
- 2 min
How It All Started
Continuing with the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, genealogical writing challenge, this week's prompt is, "Favorite Photo." Similar to last...
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Laura Weber
- Jan 5, 2023
- 3 min
Someone You'd Like To Meet
As someone new to writing a blog, I'm already finding myself anxious over what to write about, how long a post should be, how often to...
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