Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge: X is for … Signatures

After thinking about what to do for the letter X for weeks, I still hadn’t come up with anything. So the fact that this post has even happened is a tribute to Wendy who commented on the Gould Genealogy Facebook page for the Family History Through the Alphabet, the letter X, and gave me the idea for this post.

X is for … Signatures

Actually technically this post is about the lack of signature, as in those that were illiterate and used X for a signature (ie. X is the mark of _________ ) was the actual wording that was used on certificates.

Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge: W is for … lots of Ws

My topic for the letter W in the Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge has changed so many times, you should see my notebook with all my ideas, and crossing outs (LOL). I expect some of those ideas you’ll see in future posts eventually. Anyway I have settled on the W being for “lots of Ws”. I can hear your going huh, what does that even mean? Well, to me it means two things, firstly Who, What, When, Where and Why, and also World Wide Web.

W is for … lots of Ws

Who, What, When, Where and Why … these are the basic questions that every family historian aims to get answers to for every person on their family tree.

Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge: V is for … Vintage Style

We’re now up to the letter V in the Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge, and for me this was always going to be about “Vintage Style”.

V is for VINTAGE STYLE

I love a whole lot about the style and stuff from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The lace up boots, the corsets, the choker necklaces, pocket watches, hats and more … love it, so it’s no wonder that I’m completely fascinated by a copy of the Lassetter’s catalogue that my dad has. What is Lassetter’s catalogue you ask?

Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge: U is for … Undecided

Week 21 in the Family History Through the Alphabet Challegne, and even after weeks of thinking about the letter U, I still have not come up with anything specific that I wanted to write a whole blog post on … so hence

U is for UNDECIDED

I did however come throw around a whole bunch of ideas in my head such as:

Un-be-lieve-able … I did actually start a post on this one, but then changed my mind. It is true – what you find while you are research can be simply mind blowing, it can leave you gobsmacked, and is simply UN-BE-LIEVE-ABLE!