@deckofancestors.bsky.socialMy Great x4 Grandfather was baptised as Johannes Henricus Antonius Albertus Woltering. No wonder he simply went by "Jan". (I'm not one to talk - we gave both our kids three middle names.) #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
@deckofancestors.bsky.socialMy Great x4 Grandmother, Antje Boekel, passed away in Schoorl. Fun fact: While driving to the shore with my family, we went through Schoorl. To my English-speaking ear, it sounded like my relatives were saying "squirrel." #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
@cferra1227.bsky.socialImagine a genealogist trying to find the best time period to visit: allroadhaverhill.blogspot.com/2026/10/52-a... #52Ancestors #genealogy
@cferra1227.bsky.social"I believe there's a hero in all of us...." allroadhaverhill.blogspot.com/2026/10/52-a... #52Ancestors #genealogy
@deckofancestors.bsky.socialMy Great x4 Grandfather, Jan Cornelisz Smit may have been a New Years baby. Or not. #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
@deckofancestors.bsky.socialMy Great x4 Grandmother, Leentje van Dam, was a woman of many names. One of them completely wrong. #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
@cferra1227.bsky.socialIn case you missed it, here are last week's blogs!
On the #webcomics front, we have my latest Starbolts: starbolts.blogspot.com/2026/09/star...
And on the #genealogy front, we have my latest #52Ancestors: allroadhaverhill.blogspot.com/2026/09/52-a...
New blogs coming soon!
@deckofancestors.bsky.socialFinally up to Week 28 of this year's #52Ancestors challenge and writing about Cornelis Dirksz Bakker. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory.
Of course, having gone to the Weird Al concert a few weeks ago, I can't help but have Amish Paradise stuck in my head.
@cferra1227.bsky.socialThe story of how they actually got to Haverhill was never written down: allroadhaverhill.blogspot.com/2026/09/52-a... #genealogy #52Ancestors
@cferra1227.bsky.socialIn case you missed it, here's last week's blogs!
On the #webcomics front, we have Starbolts #798: starbolts.blogspot.com/2026/09/star...
And on the #genealogy front we have my latest #52Ancestors: allroadhaverhill.blogspot.com/2026/09/52-a...
New blogs coming soon!
@deckofancestors.bsky.socialStill only ten weeks behind, here's my latest post for the #52Ancestors Challenge, about my Great x4 Grandmother Maijke Jans Kuiter. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
@cferra1227.bsky.socialWedding lists may seem innocent to you and me but sometimes you have to read between the lines: allroadhaverhill.blogspot.com/2026/09/52-a... #genealogy #52Ancestors
@cferra1227.bsky.socialFor #52Ancestors, it's normal for a genealogist to find something positive in a funeral guestbook, right? RIGHT?! allroadhaverhill.blogspot.com/2026/09/52-a... #genealogy
@deckofancestors.bsky.socialThe story of my Great x4 Grandfather, Johannes Puinbroek, reads something like a soap opera. Unfortunately, without any evil twins. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #52Ancestors