Category Archives: My Life

#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Gone Too Soon

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Taminar

My dad and all four of my grandparents were gone too soon for DNA testing. It was a technically a thing before my dad died in 2007, but not anything I was really aware of. My genealogy journey started a … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Outcast

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Taminar

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. That’s what my Mam-ma, Willie Stevens Cook, used to say. She had sayings for everything. A stitch in time saves nine. Knee high to a grasshopper. You’ve got to take the bitter … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Social Media

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Taminar

Genealogists know to use social media to help locate living descendants of our relatives, or to learn enough about a DNA match to build a tree. Yes, I feel like a stalker when I do this, but when DNA matches … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Oops

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Taminar

I’ve been thinking about this topic all week. Maybe too much, because my oops happened today (Sunday, February 5th, 2023). My husband decided it would be a nice day for grilling, so we invited my mom over for lunch. Before … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Education

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Taminar

There was never any doubt in my mind that I would graduate from high school and then go on to college. My experience in school, however, was a bit different from day one. We lived in Scotland the year I … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Out of Place

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Taminar

This week, I scanned a bunch of photos that my mom had taped onto 8.5″x11″ paper to take to a copy shop years ago. This was when home scanners were rare, and office supply stores didn’t offer color copies. She … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Favorite Photo (2023)

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Taminar

It’s good that this topic comes up every year in the 52 Ancestors project, because there’s always another photo that needs its story told. Here’s my favorite for this year: I took this photo on Easter Sunday, 16 April 2006, … Continue reading →

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2022 Got Away from Me

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Taminar

I don’t know why I first got behind on 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks this year. Maybe one week, I had to work a lot of overtime or something else kept me away from the computer. In the past, if … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Preservation

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Taminar

I’ve been fortunate that my family has been able to hold onto a lot of memorabilia and ephemera. I don’t know if I’ll ever get through it all. I remember years ago (decades ago), my mom showed me some stock … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Free Space

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Taminar

The day was April 28th, 1989. I had been living in Central Florida for seven months, and finally, my day off coincided with a scheduled launch of the space shuttle. That morning, I got in my car for the approximately … Continue reading →

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