My journey into name collecting as part of genealogy research

“Hi, I’m Sara and I’m a name collector,” is how I imagine walking into a meeting of Genealogists Anonymous.  “Hi Sara, welcome to our judgement-free zone,” is the imagined response. “Name collecting” has negative connotations in the genealogy community, a feeling that you aren’t doing your research in the “right way”, maybe just grabbing at […]

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 2019 – #1 “First”

I recently joined Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. I’ll receive a prompt for each week to write and share something about an ancestor.  This week’s prompt is “First” – it can be interpreted however I choose.  I’m going to write about the first time I learned about family history and genealogy, in […]