52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is a series of weekly prompts designed to encourage researchers to share the stories of those who came before us, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow. The prompt for the week of April 6 is "Unexpected," which is the perfect lens through which to view the discovery that finally shattered a new brick wall in the Miller family tree.
For this week's post, I am introducing a new prompt: Side-by-Side Sunday. In family history, we often look for the threads that bind us together, but sometimes the most revealing stories are found in the spaces where we drifted apart. For this inaugural Side-by-Side Sunday, I am laying out the final records of my great-grandparents. By placing their death certificates and their shared headstone next to one another, we see a vivid picture of two people who shared a homeland and a family, yet ended their journeys in very different worlds.