I went to school to be an archaeologist and realized digging in dirt wasn't as fun as it was when I was a kid. Now I dig in archives instead.

52 Ancestors (2014)

These are all my entries on the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge.  Just click on the names below to access the individual posts for each person I've blogged about for the challenge.  To get back here, just look for this page in the sidebar.  Hope you enjoy reading these posts as much as I've enjoyed writing them.


  1. Mary Ann "Dr. Polly" Foster Rigsby (1816 - 1893)
  2. Robert Fagan (1852 - 1932)
  3. Marie Eleque (? - ca. 1737)
  4. Rev. James Bell Watt (1820 - 1860)
  5. Sir Brian Tuke, painted by Holbein
  6. Josiah Dotson (1831-1900)
  7. Julien Rachal (1760-1810)
  8. Laurence O'Reilly (1820-1880)
  9. Levi Bitterman (1834 - 1913)
  10. Capt. Micajah Bullock (1745 - 1828)
  11. François Brunet (1695 - 1743)
  12. John M. Gill (1803 - ?)
  13. Thomas Franklin Herring (1833 - 1881)
  14. Mammes Poissot (ca. 1670 - ?)
  15. Hugh McCloud Bryan (1861 - 1940)
  16. Silvestre Rachal (1789 - 1841)

Unfortunately this was as far as I got.  One thing I learned from this challenge is that it's extremely difficult to research and write on a new person every week, especially when there are already so many constraints on time as it is.  I intend to leave this page here as an archived link back to the posts I did manage to get done.