Heartland Genealogy

Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1)  Thinking about your direct ancestors back through 2nd great-grandparents - in other words, ancestors #2 to #31 on your pedigree chart - how many children did they have?  How many lived long enough to marry?  How many died before age 10? 2)  Tell us all about it in a blog post of your own, in comments on this blog post, or in a post on Facebook.  Be sure to link to them in a comment on this blog post. #4-5: Leon Russel Crawford (1894-1976) and Winnie Letha Currey (1903-1992) - had three children, 2 males and 1 female with only 1 male who married #6-7: Edward Osmond Briles (1891-1956) and Pauline Edith Mentzer (1896-1984) - had five children with 1 male dying young and 1 male and 3 female marrying #8-9: Judson Foster Crawford (1866-1949) and Josie Winifred Hammond (1874-1954) - had 7 children with 1 male dying as a young adult and 2 males and 4 females marrying #10-11...