"My Sixteen" Surnames
If you’re new to Mightier Acorns, you may have wondered about the “Family Reunion” posts. They started as a series of posts about the sixteen surnames of the great-great-grandparents of my children. When I finished the first batch, I explained in “Families Reunions: Their Sixteen”:
Early on, I found a useful approach to research in “My Sixteen: A Self-help Guide to Finding Your Sixteen Great-great Grandparents” by Robert W. Marlin. The goal of tracing and documenting all 16 great-grandparents gave my research some focus and scope. And I have found that it is a lot easier for cousins and fellow researchers to find you if you talk about more surnames than your own.
I use “Tags” to help cousins find the posts about our common ancestors - Click the Surname you’re interested in to see a list of posts related to that surname:
My Sixteen:
9. Clark 10. Bellamy 11. Reynolds 12. May 13. Tuttle 14. Hart 15. Frey 16. Opp
Her Sixteen:
7. Thomsen / Thompson 8. Jensen 9. Holmquist 10. Martensson 11. Leander
12. Swedahl 13. Martin 14. Shephard 15. Putnam 16. Frederick
