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52 Ancestors - 2018 |
Amy Johnson Crow has been running the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks genealogical challenge for the last few years. I have never done this challenge before so I decided to join this challenge for the year of 2018.
Every week we will receive a prompt for which we have to find an ancestor or a relative who matches that prompt, and post something about them on the weekly thread. What you post is entirely your choice. It can be in writing, a photo, a video or anything else.
This Space Page will have links to each weekly prompt thread so that anyone can go back to do this at any later time, during or after the challenge.
You do not have to do this every week. Just do this whenever you can or when you have time. It may also be possible that you will not always have an ancestor or relative who fits the requirements for every prompt.
You do NOT post anything on this page at all. You only post on the weekly thread. But you can bookmark this page for easy access to all the threads!!
Just so you are aware, these prompts that we will receive are quite broad and open ended and can be interpreted in any meaningful way to you!. They will not be (or should not be) specific.
For example. One prompt was the word, KING - and one blogger used the Kings Daughters (Filles du Roi - from Canada) as her interpretation, as she had several of the Filles du Roi as her ancestors.
You are also free to post your stories to any other social media you wish to use (Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Google+, Blogs etc) as long as you also post a link on the G2G weekly thread for that weeks prompt, so that we can all go and read it.
Chris Whitten and Eowyn have also chosen to give us the added incentive of receiving a badge if we complete ALL 52 weeks and provide at least one ancestor or relative for each weekly prompt. I am keeping track of who posts an answer to each weekly prompt. Those wikipeeps who provide a minimum of 52 ancestors or relatives for the whole year, will be awarded a badge.
Below are the links to each weekly prompt thread, starting with the First thread when I introduced the idea (on 29 Dec 2017) and asked if anyone was interested.
Introduction - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/529844/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-challenge
Week 1 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/531413/52-ancestors-week-one-start
Week 2 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/536072/52-ancestors-week-two-favorite-photo
Week 3 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/540567/52-ancestors-week-three-longevity
Week 4 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/545520/52-ancestors-week-4-invite-to-dinner
Week 5 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/549989/52-ancestors-week-5-in-the-census
Week 6 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/555006/52-ancestors-week-6-favourite-name
Week 7 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/558883/52-ancestors-week-7-valentine
Week 8 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/562983/52-ancestors-week-8-heirloom
Week 9 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/566879/52-ancestors-week-9-where-theres-a-will
Week 10 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/571193/52-ancestors-week-10-strong-woman
Week 11 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/574515/52-ancestors-week-11-lucky
Week 12 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/578494/52-ancestors-week-12-misfortune
Week 13 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/582835/52-ancestors-week-13-the-old-homestead
Week 14 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/586554/52-ancestors-week-14-the-maiden-aunt
Wee k 15 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/591034/52-ancestors-week-15-taxes
Week 16 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/594561/52-ancestors-week-16-storms
Week 17 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/599750/52-ancestors-week-17-cemeteries
Week 18 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/603959/52-ancestors-week-18-close-up
Week 19 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/607057/52-ancestors-week-19---mothers-day
Week 20 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/610773/52-ancestors-week-20-another-language
Week 21 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/613973/52-ancestors-week-21-military
Week 22 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/617835/52-ancestors-week-22-so-far-away
Week 23 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/621747/52-ancestors-week-23-going-to-the-chapel
Week 24 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/625821/52-ancestors-week-24-fathers-day
Week 25 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/630042/52-ancestors-week-25-same-name
Week 26 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/634486/52-ancestors-week-26-black-sheep
Week 27 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/638632/52-ancestors-week-27-independence
Week 28 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/642395/52-ancestors-week-28-travel
Week 29 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/646425/52-ancestors-week-29-music
Week 30 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/650347/52-ancestors-week-30-colorful-or-colourful
Week 31 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/655341/52-ancestors-week-31-oldest
Week 32 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/659152/52-ancestors-week-32-youngest
Week 33 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/662963/52-ancestors-week-33-family-legend
Week 34 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/668792/52-ancestors-week-34-non-population
Week 35 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/671158/52-ancestors-week-35-back-to-school
Week 36 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/675450/52-ancestors-week-36-work
Week 37 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/680779/52-ancestors-week-37-closest-to-your-birthday
Week 38 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/684907/52-ancestors-week-38-unusual-source
Week 39 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/689668/52-ancestors-week-39-on-the-farm
Week 40 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/693960/52-ancestors-week-40-ten
Week 41 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/698023/52-ancestors-week-41-sports
Week 42 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/701744/52-ancestors-week-42-conflict
Week 43 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/705295/52-ancestors-week-43-cause-of-death
Week 44 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/709234/52-ancestors-week-44-frightening
Week 45 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/712629/52-ancestors-week-45-bearded
Week 46 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/716355/52-ancestors-week-46-random-fact
Week 47 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/719640/52-ancestors-week-47-thankful
Week 48 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/723580/52-ancestors-week-48-next-to-last
Week 49 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/727935/52-ancestors-week-49-winter
Week 50 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/730907/52-ancestors-week-50-naughty
Week 51 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/735774/52-ancestors-week-51-nice
Week 52 - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/739462/52-ancestors-week-52-resolutions
Winners - announced on the first weekend chat in January
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/745040/welcome-the-weekend-chat-all-members-invited-january-4th-2019
- 52 Ancestors Week 52 - Resolutions Dec 26, 2018.
- 52 Ancestors Week 51 - Nice Dec 19, 2018.
- 52 Ancestors Week 50 - Naughty Dec 10, 2018.
- 52 Ancestors Week 49 - Winter Dec 5, 2018.
- 52 Ancestors Week 48 - Next to Last Nov 28, 2018.
- 52 Ancestors Week 47 - Thankful Nov 19, 2018.
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As of today, I still have 8 weeks that I haven't even posted an answer to (including week 52).
If posting answers were all that was left undone, I might have a prayer. But there are too many ancestors I've posted about that still have "Needs Attention" on my tracking sheet (see this page).
So, while I had a lot of fun (especially when the challenge led to breaking through a brick wall!), I am giving up on my run to claim a badge. I look forward to completing this 2018 challenge in 2019 :D
Thanks so much for doing this Robynne! I've learned a lot & I especially liked that it focused my attention on my ancestors - I spend lots and lots of time on project work that doesn't.
Cheers, Liz