If there’s one saying that applies to a particular branch of my family tree, it’s this one . . .
It’s None of Your Business!
Which is particularly ironic . . . because that’s the same line that’s my biggest brick wall.
Inspired by “The Ancestral Places Geneameme” post at lonetester.com, I created this list of places connected to my ancestors. As you can see, some letters are more represented than others. And I was unable to locate any place names for U, X, and Z. But I left them blank for now – because you never know.
I particularly liked the idea that this list is actually cousin bait for surnames and locations.
So here goes!
A – Alberton, Mineral County, Montana (Blacker, Kieron/Kieran)
A – Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (Martin, Silver, Weed)
A – Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts (Blake, Tyler)
B – Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Kauzler, Ziegler)
B – Belmont, Lewis and Clark County, Montana (Rumping, Schenk/Schenck, Ziegler)
B – Belt, Cascade County, Montana (Schenk/Schenck)
B – Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana (Rümping)
B – Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona (Rümping)
B – Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Webb)
B – Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts (Howard, Tyler)
B – Bradford, Orange County, Vermont (Collins, Martin)
B – Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana (Kieron/Kieran, Hennelly, Myers)
C – Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Blacker/Bleiker, Lauer/Lower/Lowry)
D – Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio (Blacker/Bleiker, Lauer/Lower/Lowry)
D – Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana (Blacker, Kieron/Kieran)
D – Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Blacker)
D – Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa (Rümping)
D – Dover, Stratford County, New Hampshire (Howard, Rowe)
D – Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa (Rümping)
D – Drumgoosat, County Monaghan, Ireland (Kieron/Kieran, Martin)
E – Elizabeth, Miami County, Ohio (Blacker/Bleiker, Lauer/Lower/Lowry)
F – Fort Benton, Choteau County, Montana (Blacker, Rumping, Specht)
F – Forchheim, Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Specht, Futterer)
F – French Creek, Chautauqua County, New York (Collins, Martin)
G – Germany (Blacker/Bleiker, Lauer/Lower/Lowry)
G – Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (Martin, Runyon)
G – Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana (Blacker, Dalin)
H – Halsingtuna, Gävleborg, Sweden (Ersdotter, Johansdotter, Karlsson)
H – Hassel, Broadwater County, Montana (Dahlin/Dalin, Johansdotter)
H – Heeke, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany (Rümping, Zum Dresch)
H – Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana (Blacker, Dalin)
H – Hertfordshire County, England (Andrews)
H – Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan (Schenk/Schenck, Ziegler)
H – Hudiksvall, Hälsingland, Gävleborg County, Sweden (Dahlin/Dalin, Johansdotter, Andersson)
H – Huntingdon Country, Pennsylvania (Blacker/Bleiker, Lauer/Lower/Lowry)
I – Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho (Buchenau, Smith)
I – Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan (Schenk/Schenck)
J – Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Tyler)
J – Judith Gap, Montana (Blacker)
K – Karlsbad, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Buchenau)
K – Knodishall, Suffolk, England (Martin)
L – Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut (Chapman, Tyler)
L – Leigh, Wiltshire, England (Armitage)
L – Liverpool, England (Myers)
L – Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (Howard, Tarbox)
M – Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois (Blacker/Bleiker, Lauer/Lower/Lowry)
M – Marysville, Lewis and Clark County, Montana (Rümping, Schenk/Schenck)
M – Missoula, Missoula County, Montana (Blacker, Kieron/Kieran)
N – Neihart, Cascade County, Montana (Andries, Schenk/Schenck, Ziegler)
N – Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (Silver)
N – North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana (Specht, Gueringer)
O – Oakland, Alameda County, Montana (Blacker, Kieron/Kieran)
O – Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois (Buchenau, Tyler)
O – Ower Townland, County Galway, Ireland (Hennelly, Myres/Myers)
P – Pendleton, Lancashire, England (Armitage)
P – Piermont, Grafton County, New Hampshire (Chapman, Tyler)
P – Prussia (Blacker/Bleiker, Lauer/Lower/Lowry)
Q – Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland (Hennelly, Myres/Myers)1
R – Radersburg, Broadwater County, Montana (Blacker, Buchenau)
R – Rattvik, Dalarna, Sweden (Andersson, Ersson, Hanson, Larsdotter, Larsson, Olsdotter)
R – Richland, Richland County, Wisconsin (Martin, Tyler)
R – Ropley, Hampshire, England (Silver)
R – Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts (Silver)
S – Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (Martin, North)
S – San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (Blacker, Swezey)
S – Sand Creek, Jennings County, Indiana (Specht, Gueringer)
S – Saybrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Howard, Tyler)
S – Shropshire County, England (Tyler)
S – Skagway, Alaska (Blacker)
S – Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (Collins)
S – Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Martin, Tyler)
S – St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri (Blacker, Buchenau, Tyler)
S – St. Louis, Missouri (Rümping)
S – St. Louis County, Minnesota (Dahlin/Dalin)
S – Stockholm, Sweden (Ruthman)
S – Switzerland (Schenk/Schenck, Saltzmann)
T – Thetford, Orange County, Vermont (Howard, Rowe)
U –
V – Virginia City, Madison County, Montana (Blacker)
W – Warren, Cochise County, Arizona (Rümping)
W – Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas (Buchenau, Tyler)
W – Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts (Tarbox)
W – Wrightsburgh, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Howard, Tyler)
X –
Y – Yew Tree Cemetery, Lancashire, England (Myres/Myers)
Z –
What places do your ancestors come from?
*Note: I regularly update this list to include more locations. Last update made 22 Jan 2018.
I have this wonderful photograph of my grandmother’s garden, circa 1949. I’ve been told that neighbors referred to her yard as “The Dalin Park”. But you’d never know it from this picture.
I remember my grandmother’s yard and have many fond memories of playing there with all my cousins. But in my mind’s eye, I remember it a bit differently than this black and white photo.
As luck would have it, my 9-year-old granddaughters were visiting last week and they just happened to share with me their newest favorite app, Recolor. Thinking of all the information I’ve seen recently about recoloring old black and white photos, I asked one of the girls if I could use the app on my own imported photos . . . and she confidently said, “Sure you can, Noni!” And then proceeded to show me all the steps.
Here’s my first attempt . . .
What do you think? I’d be interested to see how others might use this app to colorize some of their own cherished family photos.
Disclaimer: I don’t think the house was yellow and I have no idea if the flower colors are right. But it more closely matches my memory of her yard than the black and white photo above. And more importantly, the little girl in me loves this photo. And I think my grandmother would love it, too.
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