Welcome to Rooted Heritage Genealogy! This blog is dedicated to both telling my ancestors' stories and to helping others to do the sam In , I have decided to take on the 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks challenge! Every week I will write a post about an ancestor that fits the weekly theme, as explained by the creator of the challenge, Amy Johnson Crow.
In this post I will list all of the themes and ancestors as we go along, so that they can be found easily later on. I will also post them to the Rooted Heritage Genealogy Facebook page and a few of the other genealogy groups on Facebook , using the hashtag 52Ancestors. I will also include a few "practice posts" from 's themes, since I am so anxious to get started.
It is my hope that other descendants of these ancestors will stumble upon this blog and discover their stories, and be as in awe of where we came from as I am. Happy reading, and wish me luck! Week "Naughty" - William Newberry, c. Awhile back I came across a Facebook post from a friend that read: "Miss you more each day Really wish you were here Happy early birthday, Sunshine" Attached to the post was a collage of photos of my friend who wrote the post with Christan Whaley, a girl I had gone to middle school with.
We had been in band and several other classes together, and although we were never close friends, we were at least friendly with one another. I hadn't seen her since our freshman year of high school. And I had no idea that she had passed away three years ago. Christan Elizabeth Whaley in I searched for her gravesite on Find A Grave, thinking that I could at least go and pay my respects. When I looked at her profile I found that she was buried in another state, but I also found something that saddened me even further: she didn't have an actual headstone, only a temporary marker provided by the funeral home.
I contacted the friend who had written the Facebook post and asked if she knew how to get in touch with the family, because if finances were the issue I would like to help.
