The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type
You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each item
Which of these apply to you?
- Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents
- Can name over 50 direct ancestors
- Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents [I have photographs of everyone but my great grandfather Charles William Radcliff. I should have it soon.]
- Have an ancestor who was married more than three times [I have more than one, the closest being my maternal great grandfather Clyde Thomas Vanzandt, who was married 8 times, although he only actually had 4 wives]
- Have an ancestor who was a bigamist
- Met all four of my grandparents
- Met one or more of my great-grandparents [I have met them all, although I only remember my great grandmothers and my step great grandfather. One of my great grandmothers is still living.]
- Named a child after an ancestor [This is something I've thought about. If I have another daughter, she will be named for some of our ancestors.]
- Bear an ancestor's given name/s [My name is pretty unique. I have yet to meet anyone with the same given name.]
- Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland [On both sides]
- Have an ancestor from Asia
- Have an ancestor from Continental Europe [Haven't proven it yet, but I'm pretty sure I have this one both sides.]
- Have an ancestor from Africa [It was a complete surprise when I stumbled across that one because no one had said anything about it.]
- Have an ancestor who was an agricultural labourer
- Have an ancestor who had large land holdings
- Have an ancestor who was a holy man - minister, priest, rabbi
- Have an ancestor who was a midwife
- Have an ancestor who was an author [Probably not an author in most people's book, but my great grandmother Evelyn Edna King Carson had a weekly newspaper column.]
- Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones [On both sides]
- Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng
- Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X
- Have an ancestor with a forename beginnining with Z
- Have an ancestor born on 25th December
- Have an ancestor born on New Year's Day
- Have blue blood in your family lines
- Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
- Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth
- Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century
- Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier
- Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents
- Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X [I'm sure there were some; I just haven't came across them yet.]
- Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university
- Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offence [But I did have one that had to pay a penance.]
- Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime
- Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine (Tell us where) [Does this blog count?]
- Have published a family history online or in print (Details please) [This is something I have been considering for a while.]
- Have visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries [Most probably no longer exist today, but I can always hope. I know Bolling Hall, home of my Bolling ancestors is still standing and currently operates as a museum.]
- Still have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family
- Have a family bible from the 19th Century
- Have a pre-19th century family bible
Your great-grandfather, Clyde, was a busy boy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for telling us about him and cotributing to the meme.