52 ancestors 2025 project by date 5 Jan: Ted Cowan 12 Jan: Lola McBee 19 Jan: Tom Cowan 26 Jan: Elsie Schell 2 Feb: Harvey McBee 9 Feb: Anna Baysinger 16 Feb: Walter Scott Cowan 23 Feb: Annie McPherson 2 Mar: Charles Käll/Schell 9 Mar: Selma Andersdotter 16 Mar: Samuel McBee 23 Mar: Nancy Jane Booth 30 Mar: John Alfred Baysinger 6 Apr: Minnie Disney 13 Apr: Walter Scott Cowan 20 Apr: Margaret…
I think I'll link what I have written publicly; then add an appendix which I will only share with relatives who are warned about the painful court transcript. So I guess I'm straddling the fence, splinters and all. Interesting that I wrote the above a year ago; about ready to dive into his report again now, 6 July 2026. Mostly so I can dig into his mother Nancy Jane Booth's line.
I have begun my mother's research report, but there are so many living people in it, I will not be linking it to anyone outside the family for now. While my father was close to the grandchildren, he was not as close as she was, so their birth details are in her report. For instance, when one granddaughter was gravely ill in Frankfurt, Germany, my mother applied for a passport and flew to Germany…
2025 Project This year, rather than a "re-do," my plan is to follow Elizabeth Shown Mills and Yvette Hoitink's advice to create research reports for each person investigated, while also inspired by Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors challenge in my own remix: Starting with my parents, in ahnentafal order write about my direct ancestors , beginning with my daddy, Ted Cowan. The list below will be an…