#60: A Breakthrough Moment...I'm Still Searching For

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (2026-05)

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is a series of weekly prompts to get you to think about an ancestor and share something about them. The weekly prompt is provided by www.amyjohnsoncrow.com. The prompt for the week of January 26 is "A Breakthrough Moment."  For this week’s prompt, I’m not writing about a brick wall I’ve already knocked down. Instead, I’m writing about the "Aha!" moment I am still searching for: the identity of my great-grandmother’s mysterious sister in Ohio.

#51 - I’d Like to Meet: Elizabeth Bonar Soltis

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (2023-01)

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is a series of weekly prompts to get you to think about an ancestor and share something about them. The weekly prompt is provided by www.amyjohnsoncrow.com. The prompt for the week of January 1 is “I’d Like to Meet" so let me introduce you to my great-grandmother Elizabeth Bonar Soltis.

#42: Those Places Thursday #1 - Mining Towns of Washington State

Black Diamond and Ronald Washington

"Those Places Thursday" is a genealogy blogging prompt that allows writers to write about the places that their family lived in.  In my inaugural use of this prompt, I'm going to write about the mining towns of Black Diamond and Ronald Washington.