My Trails into the Past

For this week's mission, Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing has challenged us to:  1)  Tell us about your "other" hobbies or interests outside of genealogy and family history research, writing, speaking, etc.  Be mindful of your family's privacy, though! 2) Write a blog post of your own, respond with a comment to this post, or write a Facebook status post or a Google+ Stream post. I do have another life outside of genealogy, even though I could spend 8-10 hours per day doing genealogy research and writing. I do have other kinds of fun as well. a. Birding. I’m a birder and try to go out at least once a week, even if only in my yard and neighborhood. I do try to get to Moorhen and McNabney Marshes, Heather Farm Park, or the Martinez Shoreline to watch for birds. b. Gardening. I have a small native plant garden that is in full bloom right now. I also care for many varieties of geraniums in pots. c. Reading. I love mysteries and historical fiction and if I c...

Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: 1)  We each have 16 great-great grandparents.  How did their birth and death years vary?  How long were their lifespans? 2)  For this week, please list your 16 great-great grandparents, their birth year, their death year, and their lifespan in years.  You can do it in plain text, in a table or spreadsheet, or in a graph of some sort. 3)  Share your information about your 16 great-great grandparents with us in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, or on Facebook or Google+.  If you write your own blog post, please leave a link as a comment to this post. I didn't get to this until Sunday afternoon, but here are my 16 great-grandparents with their lifespans. The blue are my paternal great-grandparents and the green are for my maternal. Joseph Heinrich Horoch 1804 1857 53 years M...