Here we are in September already! How did THAT happen?! For Week # 37 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestor Challenge, the writing prompt is Back To School. Typically fall is my favourite time of the year. On my morning walk you can already feel the crisp air. On a personal note, this year Back…
This week for Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestor’s Challenge the writing prompt is LARGE. Thinking about that in terms of genealogy, if there’s one thing that I have is LARGE piles of negatives, slides and photographs waiting to be digitized! I know that I’m not alone in this!! How many of us have photo boxes…
I have a plethora of ideas for this week’s writing prompt! We are in Week # 28 in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors Challenge and this week we are writing about MULTIPLE. I have a few relatives that have had multiple spouses. Quite a few that have had multiple children. Some that have had multiple…
The writing prompt for Amy Johnson-Crow’s 52 Ancestors Challenge this week is HANDED DOWN. Looking around the house, I don’t have a whole lot of treasures that have been handed down to me. However, the things I do have I want to ensure that they are handed down to the next generation, if they are…
This week for Amy Johnson-Crow’s 52 Ancestor challenge the writing prompt is Service. This week it also happens to be the birthday of Robert Ramsay Rodger, my husband’s maternal grandfather. He was born on May 6 1912 in East Wemyss, Fife in Scotland. 108 years ago today! So, it seems quite fitting that for this…
This week the writing prompt for Amy-Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors Challenge is Water. The interpretation of that prompt is up to us so I’m getting creative with my choice this week. Actually, I suppose it was my Grandmother, Margaret Hope Newitt Apps (who we called Grandma Rocks) who was the creative one! Over her lifetime…
A couple of months ago I had a really bad day. Some might say that my luck had run out. Problem My computer, a MacBook Air, had been “down” for a few days…for some reason the automatic updates on my computer tried to install overnight (although I thought that I had them turned off). From…
The writing prompt for Week # 2 is Favourite Photo. How can I possibly pick one favourite photo?! I don’t think that I can. I have so many photos that it could take weeks to go through them all. Around the house though (and easily accessible) here are a few of my favourite ones! Family…
Happy New Year! It’s time for fresh starts. The first day of the new year. This year I aim to do my best at participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge for 2020. It’s essentially a new writing prompt every week for 52 weeks. I’m not going to make any promises…
This is the only picture that I have ever seen of my Grandfather’s brother, Arthur Petrie Apps. He was born in Southwark, London on October 5th, 1915 (number 5 of 6 children) born to Henry Edmund Samuel Apps and Ethel Rosemary Lambert. Sadly, Arthur was only 25 years old when he was killed at sea…
