52 Ancestors – my most favourite photo

"I actually cannot decide on my most favourite photo as I have two!" Since I can remember, this picture as been in a photo album my grandfather created for my mother. It is my great grandmother (his mother) Agnes Klara Hedwig RIBBE, born October 8, 1878 in Staßfurt, Saxony-Anhaltina, Germany- she died way too young …

My Ancestor Score 2021

Well - almost on Valentine's Day. I am just 6 days late. I am keeping track of my ancestor score since 2014 and I still love to update my little table every year. It is a different kind of visualizing my family research. I was already nudged on Twitter about my Ancestory Score for 2021 …

52 ancestors – Namesake

I can't believe we are just 6 weeks into the 52 ancestors challenge from Amy Johnson Crow and I am already 3 weeks behind. It is amazing how time flies when you are busy. I am co organising the "Genealogica" the first ever virtual genealogy conference in the German speaking area and although it is …

52 ancestors – Family Legends

This week's topic of the "52 ancestors in 52 weeks" challenge is FAMILY LEGENDS and this one really made me think. I don't really have a family legend, I was going through all of my branches and all my lines - up and down and up again. Over to in-laws and down again, but there …

52 ancestors in 52 weeks – Beginnings

For the year 2021 I decided to join Amy Johnson Crow's challenge of "52 ancestors in 52 weeks" again. I hardly blogged the last year in this space and I want to focus on writing again in 2021. The theme for the first week is "Beginnings" and that is quite fitting, I think. How did …