My Ancestor's Leaves

I've been working on and off with this blog for over a year now, but still trying to get used to it all.  I'm learning new tricks ev...

Week #2 is here.  This week's theme for the 52 Ancestor's Challenge, started by Amy Johnson Crow, is "King."  I thought ab...

Hi Everybody!! It's January 1st, 2015!!  The start of a brand new year!!  I've been away from my computer a lot over the last sev...

Mariam Hannah Barrett is the subject of this weeks post.  Mariam was my 3rd great grandmother...she was the mother of Hannah Jane Coburn , w...

Hansel Benton Coburn was my 3rd great grandfather.  In April I wrote about his daughter, Hannah Jane Coburn .  I haven't been able to lo...

Copy from Gibson Family Bible.  Copy provided by my Great Aunt Vicki (Sara Jane's great granddaughter). This post is dedicated to S...

I've had several posts on my Gibson line.  This week I'll continue this line as I discuss my 4th great grandmother Melinda (or Malin...

For my previous two posts, I discussed the Griffaw line of my family, my 3rd great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Griffaw , and her mother, Ann...

Mary Elisabeth Griffaw was my great, great, great grandmother.  She was born November 27, 1821 probably around Ste. Genevieve County, Missou...

My last post was on Mary Elisabeth Griffaw .  This week, I'm going to talk about her mother, Anne Grissom. In the Charter Baptist Chur...

Week 28 is about William H. Ross.  According to Findagrave.com , William was born February 23, 1841.  Where he was born, I'm not sure.  ...

Picture of Martha Jane Ross Well, I've been MIA these past few weeks.  Summer has taken me outside and away from the computer.  I...

I've been slacking when it comes to this 52 Ancestors Challenge lately.  I'm finding it hard to make the time, and concentrate, whil...