Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Your Interests?

Randy says, “It’s Saturday Night – time for more Genealogy Fun!!” Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to: * Tell us about your “other” hobbies or interests outside of genealogy and family history research, writing, speaking, etc. * Write a blog post of your own, respond with a comment to this post, … Read more

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Surname Distributions!

Randy says: Hey, genealogy fans – it’s Saturday Night, and time for some Genealogy Fun! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music…), is: 1) Find out the geographical distribution of your surname – in the world, in your state or province, in your county or parish. I suggest that … Read more

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Ahnentafel Roulette

Randy says, “It’s Saturday Night – time for some Genealogy Fun (even though I’m stuck in Santa Cruz without Internet access)”. Here are the instructions, look below for my answer. 1) How old is your father now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the … Read more

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Your 16 Great-Grands

Randy Seaver says, “It’s almost Saturday Night – time for some Genealogy Fun!” Here is your SNGF assignment for the evening (if you choose to accept it – this is not stump the genealogist or even Mission Impossible): List your 16 great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places. Figure … Read more