My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's  Saturday Night  again - Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Here is our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing : 1)  We all have 8 biological great-grandparents.  Where and when were they born, where and when did they marry, and where and when did they die? 2)  Tell us in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or on Facebook.  Be sure to leave a comment with a link to your blog post on this post. Here's mine: Paternal Great-grandparents Johan Anton Hork (Horoch) was born 9 November 1843 in Oberhundem, Kreis Olpe, Westfalen. He died 15 August 1906 in Sheridan, Sheridan Co, Wyoming. He married Julia Ann Sievert 6 June 1872 at St. John’s German Catholic Church in Joliet, Will Co, Illinois. Julia Ann Sievert was born 31 October 1854 in Joliet, Will Co, Illinois. She died 4 August 1828 in Hamilton, Ravalli Co, Montana. John H. Sullivan was born 20 June 1854 somewhere in Ireland. ...

It is said we should know the surnames of our eight great-grandparents. As a genealogist, it is very likely that we do know the names of our great-grandparents, and the names of our spouse’s eight great-grandparents. For this post, I got the idea from this post “The Theory of Eight Surnames” written by Scottish blogger named Jim. My eight surnames are: Hork Sievert Sullivan Gleeson Johnston Hutson Lancaster Loveless I also research my husband’s family. His eight surnames are: Gorrell Shotts Davey Wollenweber Nilsen Anderson-Carlson Lundquist Eriksson There is difficulty in dealing with his mother’s line, as they are all from Sweden and their surnames changed each generation. The list above are the names used in America. I also have the sixteen surnames of the great-great grandparents for both myself and my husband. After that, it can be hit and miss, as to whether I know the surnames. My Irish lines are pretty dead after tha...