I didn’t come across the post at the beginning of January, but Amy Johnson Crow, a Genealogical Content Manager for Ancestry.com, challenged researchers to blog about 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. I have to admit that I am not sure if I am up to the challenge, especially since I am still working on my website. I liked Amy’s encouraging attitude, though. She said, ” Feel free to start whatever week you want. Skip a week if you need to. (Catch up later… or not. It’s up to you!) Include collateral relatives if you want; I’m not going to check if it’s an actual ancestor or a collateral. It’s up to you.”

Even though I am getting a late start, I have written about an ancestor a week already. I just posted the information in other places. With a little editing, I should be able to make those my first four stories. I think this is a very worthwhile challenge. I am great at collecting data, but it is the stories that are really interesting. What do all of these records tell us when we put them together?

So here goes…I will write about my ancestors and my husbands. With well over 5,000 people in my family tree, I should be able to tell 52 stories!