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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Shirley Ann (Bowlby) Nickell We’re getting some freezing rain in Kansas City this weekend so I decided to post another catch up for the 52 Ancestors challenge. Today I’m hightlighting my husband’s maternal grandmother. Some basic facts: Name: Shirley Ann (Bowlby) Nickell Born: 25 January 1924 Parents: Sherry Victor Bowlby…
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Earl Leslie Nickell I’m a little behind on the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge but I’m going to jump in with ancestor #1 and play catch up. This week I’m highlighting my husband’s maternal grandfather. Some basic facts: Name: Earl Leslie Nickell Born: 24 July 1918 Parents: Delbert A….
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Challenge Accepted! I’m a member of several different genealogy groups on FaceBook. You might not normally think of FaceBook for genealogy but it’s a great platform for communicating with other genealogists! While browsing the posts of the Genealogy Bloggers group, I ran across a post from one of the members…
With the time off from work I had around Christmas time I devoted some time to beginning work on D1’s genealogy. I had no idea what I would find or if it would be difficult to find information on his family but I was prepared for some quality time on different genealogy sites in search…
After a taking a brief hiatus from blogging for the holiday season I decided a good first post for 2014 would be a review of accomplishments for 2013 and a list of goals for 2014. I was very excited to get back into working on my genealogy in 2013 after several years of not working…