My Trails into the Past

Many tombstones have information besides names and birth and death dates. They might reveal the place of origin. My 2x-great-grandfather’s tombstone states he was a native of County Cork.   My husband’s 2x-great-grandfather’s brother’s tombstone states he was a native of County Cornwall. Neither tombstone gives the town or village, but they do help narrow down the search to the county of origin. #52Ancestors-Week 46: Tombstones This is my fifth year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow ( https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/ ) at Generations Cafe. I write each week on one of my two blogs, either  Mam-ma’s Southern Family  or  My Trails into the Past . I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways Copyright © 2022 by Lisa S. Gorrell, My Trails into the Past. All Rights Reserved.

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing has another challenge for us today: For this week's mission (should you decide to accept it), I challenge you to:   1)  Determine what is your longest unbroken line of ancestral gravestones - how many generations can you go back in time?  Do you have photographs of them? 2)  Tell us and/or show us in a blog post of your own, or in a comment to this blog, or in a Facebook status or a Google+ stream post. This is a very interesting project. I worked on my father’s line this week and found four generations of female ancestors where I have tombstones. Thankfully either I took the photos or they were photos that my friends took for me. My grandmother, Anna M. Sullivan Hork, was buried at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. [1] Los Angeles National Cemetery - photo taken by L. Gorrell © Her mother, Anna M. Gleeson Sullivan is buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana. [2] Mt. Carmel Cemetery, photo ...