My 15th week in Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” family history blogging challenge. The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor. I’m no longer a […]
Trying To Confirm Or Deny Major General Nathanael Greene As A Relation or Ancestor
Original portrait painted from life in 1783 by Charles Wilson Peale.Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons. Ever since my husband and I started dating four and a half years ago, I have heard him and his family talk about a connection with Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. Initially, the claim was “descended from”, but this […]