Things I would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things I haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type
1.
Can name my 16
great-great-grandparents
Whilst I’m marking this as done I can
only actually name 14 of them, my grandfather never knew his father and this is
not a line I will ever be able to follow backwards. It is done as much as it
can ever be.
2.
Can name over 50 direct ancestors
3.
Have photographs or portraits of my 8
great-grandparents
7 out of 8 for the same reasons as above.
4. Have an ancestor who was married more than three times
5.
Have an ancestor who was a bigamist
6.
Met all four of my grandparents
7.
Met one or more of my great-grandparents
I was lucky enough to know 3 of my 4
great-grandmothers, not so lucky with the men in the family.
8. Named
a child after an ancestor
Don’t have any yet but it’s always
something to keep in mind.
9. Bear an ancestor's given name/s
As far as I know I’m the first Carole in
our family.
10. Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland
11.
Have
an ancestor from Africa
12.
Have
an ancestor from Asia
13.
Have
an ancestor from Continental Europe
14. Have an ancestor who was an
agricultural labourer
15.
Have
an ancestor who had large land holdings
16.
Have
an ancestor who was a holy man - minister, priest, rabbi
17.
Have
an ancestor who was a midwife
18.
Have
an ancestor who was an author
19. Have an ancestor with the surname
Smith, Murphy or Jones
20.
Have
an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng
21.
Have
an ancestor with a surname beginning with X
22.
Have
an ancestor with a forename beginning with Z
23.
Have
an ancestor born on 25th December
24.
Have
an ancestor born on New Year's Day
25. Have blue blood in your family lines
My
4x Gt Grandmother, Mary PULESTON (1813-1887) was descended from the DE
PYVELESDON’s whose family was linked by marriage to Owain Glyn Dwr, the Last
Prince of Wales and all that there Royal blood in the English Court. This line
doesn’t really interest me though as it’s all been documented and done.
26.
Have
a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
27. Have a grandparent who was born in a
country different from my country of birth
My great grandfather, Franklin ELLIS was born in
Chester, England.
28. Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century
William
DUCKWORTH, born approximately 1799 in Hawarden, Flintshire and my 5x Gt
Grandfather.
29. Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or
earlier
Hamo
DE PYVELESDON, born approximately 1155 in Puleston, Shropshire and my 23x Gt
Grandfather.
30. Have seen copies of the signatures of
some of my great-grandparents
31. Have ancestors who signed their
marriage certificate with an X
32.
Have
a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university
33. Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offence
34.
Have
an ancestor who was a victim of crime
35. Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine (Tell
us where)
I’ve
shared part-stories here, on my blog but not a ‘from the cradle to the grave’
feature.
36.
Have
published a family history online or in print (Details please)
37.
Have
visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries
38.
Still
have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family
39. Have a family bible from the 19th Century
My
grandfather has his WRIGHT family bible in his home, I’ve accessed it a couple
of times. There is also a ROBERTS family bible in the possession of my cousins across
the pond.
40. Have a pre-19th century family bible
The Ancestors' Geneameme was developed by Geniaus.
