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Yay! The 2020 #AtoZChallenge is fast approaching and I am so excited to announce my 2020 THEME REVEAL. I have been toying with a dozen ideas and finally decided to try something a bit different and focus on FAMILY HISTORY!
Family History
When I got sick in 2015, one of the few things I was able to do was research the family history on ancestry.com‘s app on my iPad. It was such a great time killer and also like a treasure hunt for this history fan. So this upcoming month of April I will be sharing tidbits from my family’s history as well as tips on how to seek out your own ancestry on-line.
H 1066, The Battle of HASTINGS
J 5 Strong Women in JESUS’ Genealogy (Happy Easter)
K 4 Ancestry Resources for KIDS
L 7 Free Ancestry Research LINKS
M The 1643 Massacre of Richard MAXSON
N 3 Tips for Researching NYS Historic Newspapers
O Virtual Tour of Ogdensburg, New York
P Learning about Your PILGRIM Ancestors
Q 7 Questions about Researching Ancestry
R 5 Tips to RESEARCH and Discover What Your Family Name Means
S A Virtual Tour of SCROOBY in Honor of the 400th Anniversary of The Mayflower
T 5 TV Shows about Genealogy on Amazon Prime Video
V My Agonizing VAN VALKENBURG Search
W From WATERBURY to WATERTOWN in search of the WELTON Family
Y 6 Tips for How I Came to Research the YOUNG Family in the Newspapers
Z Zee End: 5 Books and Movies About Finding Family
Will you be following along on my adventure through the A to Zs of Ancestry? Let me know in the comments below and let me know how I can follow you too!
While you wait to read my 2020 AtoZChallenge, how about looking back at some of my past series here? And better yet, join us for free here!
It looks very interesting. I’m sure to drop by all through April.
Do check out if my theme interests you: http://www.rightpurchasing.com/a2zchallenge/
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Thanks Sundeep! I hope you’ll enjoy the series.
I really have to try these services! Sounds so fun to know your genealogy! So cool!
Do Africans research family histories and pass them down from one generation to another?
Been thinking about looking into my family tree for a while now and I think the next month will be a perfect time given we will all be stuck inside
hehe. Exactly! I think that’s probably why Ancestry.com came up with the discount they had.
What a great challenge! I look forward to following your A to Z genealogical adventure!
Thanks Anna. I hope you enjoy the series! I’m excited (and nervous) about it.
Wow this is such a wonderful thing. Looking forward to it.
Yay. Thanks Stacy. I hope you enjoy the series.
That is awesome! Family history is so cool. I love looking at my family tree and fan chart, and seeing who I am related to back in history.
ooo Very cool. Are you related to anyone famous?
Yes I will be following you to see what this ancestry thing is about. Seems fun and exciting!
Thanks Lavern. I am hoping it’s an interesting and useful series.
very fun thing to do especially nowadays where we are on a lockdown. i love to try this with my roommate. haha
Yes, good ol’ lockdown. At least we can do something fun and educational w/ our time right?
I’m fascinated by genealogy and family history! There is so much to uncover. Do keep sharing in your process – it’s very interesting.
Thanks Ronnie. I will!! All of April. How far have you traced back?
Thats quite an interesting challenge. I would love to do these kind of activities related to ancestry. You can know much about your family.
Yes it tells you a great deal and it’s so fun to uncover the family skeletons or to discover there were weren’t any.
mm it’s so interesing and exciting, I would like to know history of my family too, somedays XD
I hope you get a chance, Yana. It’s been such a fun journey.
Sounds like great idea. Such a fun challenge. Would love to learn more about my family background.
I hope you get a chance, Natalie. How far back have you traced?
What an interesting way to learn more about your family and background information
Sometimes it is the only way when great-grandparents decide for some reason to stay mum on teh topic of the family history.
What a fun idea! I haven’t gotten much into ancestry, but it sounds like a great thing to do when you’re homebound for any period of time, like we are at the present.
it is a great thing to do! it keeps you busy and is productive/useful.
I like this challenge and am super excited to try it with my husband, thank you!
yay. Are you participating in the #atozchallenge or are you going to challenge yourself to do ancestry?
This is such a great idea! I love using Ancestry to delve deeper into my family history, as well. It’s super interesting.
maybe we’ll cross paths one day on the app 😉
I will definitely be following you on this journey. I love discovering more about ancestry.
yay. thanks Ntensibe. i hope you enjoy it.
This sounds like a nice challenge and I am so excited to do this with my husband, thank you!
My pleasure for inspiring you. I hope you have fun.
An interesting challenge and something that I didn’t know before. Thanks for sharing with us ~ – knycx journeying
my pleasure! a to z challenge is a fun one i try to do every year.
What a fun idea! I signed up for ancestry.com years ago and was able to find one of my cousins that didn’t even know we existed!
really? how cool is that!!! great story.
Good luck for the challenge. I’m doing a-z on my book blog https://bestbookishblog.com/
But I also have a family history/genealogy blog so will be very interested to read your posts https://jonesfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/
Thanks Jennifer. If you’d like to do a guest post for the challenge i’d be open and interested.
Like Kristin I am another family historian and look forward to following your A to Z genealogy journey. http://ayfamilyhistory.com/2020/03/17/2020-a-to-z-challenge-visiting-london/
Yay. Thanks Anne. If you’d like to do a guest post this coming April I’d be delighted to chat.
This is a great challenge. It can be hard to think of new ideas when you’ve been blogging for a long time. I think I should follow along with this.
Hope you do!! A to Z Challenge is such a fun one with so many clever people participating around the world.
As a family historian myself, I look forward to following your A to Z genealogical journey.
https://findingeliza.com/
Thanks Kristin!!! I am very excited about trying this for the challenge.