Posts in January 9, 2025

How many of your ancestral homes are still standing? How many do you have pictures of? For those whose ancestors were very mobile or were renters, this may be difficult to answer unless those specific residential addresses are known. For those whose ancestors tended to stay put and were landowners or homeowners, the question may be easier to answer. A follow-up question is how many of those homes were you in? For me, the home I grew up in is still standing. The home my father grew up in is not. I’m not exactly certain where the rental farm was my mother grew up in, but I’m guessing it’s no longer standing. My maternal grandmother’s childhood home is still standing and owned by a family member. Both homes […]