by ShaunaHicks | Jan 30, 2022 | Blog
I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s blog challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 4 of Foundations is Curious. Curious is a strange topic to write about as we are all curious about our ancestors and how they lived. When I discovered that my 4th great...
by ShaunaHicks | Jan 23, 2022 | Blog
In 2022 I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s blog challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks to keep me motivated and blog writing my family stories. During the last two years my blog posts have been few and often far between. Hopefully I will be able to keep up the pace....
by ShaunaHicks | Jan 15, 2022 | Blog
In 2022 I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s blog challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This will keep me motivated to writing my family stories as short blog posts. During the last two years my blog posts have been few and often far between. Hopefully I will be...
by ShaunaHicks | Jan 6, 2022 | Blog
In 2022 I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s blog challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks to keep me motivated and blog writing my family stories. During the last two years my blog posts have been few and often far between. Hopefully I will be able to keep up the pace....
by ShaunaHicks | Dec 26, 2021 | Blog
Here is my contribution to the annual Accentuate the Positive Geneameme Jill Ball (aka Geniaus) invites you to take part in Accentuate the Positive by responding to the following statements/questions, several of which are new, in a blog post. Write as much or as...
by ShaunaHicks | Oct 5, 2021 | Blog
At the weekend while searching the British Newspaper Archive, I was shocked to discover that my 5X great grandmother Mary Hitchman, aged and infirm, died when she fell into the fireplace in 1809 in Oxfordshire, England. She was horrifically burned as it was some time...