52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 1 (BEGINNINGS)
Welcoming a new year is always special.
This year feels even more special after the pandemic chaos of 2020.
I couldn’t think about a more appropriate 2020 Bramble Bush visual.
In anticipating 2021 I was reminded of a meme I had seen recently that left me pondering on a deeper level than seemed appropriate.
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I then remembered another meme seen recently and laughed harder than was appropriate.
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In planning my 2021 Bramble Bush plan I thought it important to reflect back.
2021 will be my third year following Amy’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
challenge. Prior to signing up for the challenge in 2019 I had been in an
uncommitted relationship with the genealogy blog I had started 5 years
previously.
The first year of the challenge I focused primarily on my side of the tree. The second year I planned which branch of both sides of the Bramble Bush I would write about. There were times an ancestor seemed to raise their hand to have their story told so I shifted.
In going back to the very beginning when I began searching it was because I found out, at the age of 29 pregnant with our second child, that my Scottish grandfather was probably a Ukrainian man with an entirely different life story than the one I knew.
I was left feeling like I didn't know where I came from, and didn't want
my children to feel that way.
This helps with the WHY I am writing.
Next I ponder the WHO I am writing for.
The first person I write for is me.
I love having a tangible record of
my research.
Secondly I write for my children.
They read some of my blogs.
Someday
when I am not here to answer their questions
they can still hear my words.
Thirdly I am writing for my relatives.
Some of these relatives I am
close to, some I have met,
some I have not yet met, and some are not yet born.
I
hope my genealogy blog may assist if they are looking
for where they fit in
their family story.
Fourthly (or maybe firstly) - I write as 'cousin bait'.
There are
parts of my family I still know almost nothing about,
and I love hearing from
relatives that they found my blog
via searching their ancestors name.
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Remembering the past, and looking forward to the future!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my
own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom
of this blog post***
Sources:
Cousin Baiting:
What is It, Should You Do It? Retrieved January 3rd 2021 from
https://www.theoccasionalgenealogist.com/2017/01/cousin-baiting-what-is-it-should-you-do.html
Dear 2021, you have
literally been handed the easiest job in history, photo, Retrieved January 3rd
2021 from https://m.facebook.com/Dogs365page/photos/a.742254779257719/1785957684887418/?type=3&source=48
What if 2020 was just a trailer for 2021, photo, Retrieved January 3rd 2021
from https://imgflip.com/i/47b0u0
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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