Here’s a rainy day project idea. Peruse the surnames of your direct line ancestors and jot down a question or two you’d like answered for each name on your list. My list is below:

Françoise ADAM (my French 6th great-grandmother):

• when/where was she born?
• when/where did she marry Jean Schmitt?

Magnus ÅMAN (my Swedish 4th great-grandfather):

• did he really die 18 Feb 1846 and if so, where?

Brita Carin ANDERSDOTTER (my Swedish 3rd great-grandmother):

• when/where did she marry Carl ERSSON?

Johanna Kristina ANDREASDOTTER (my Swedish 3rd great-grandmother):

• who did she marry 16 Oct 1864?

Anne Catherine BETTINGER:

• when/where did she marry Jean SCHMITT (my French 6th great-grandfather)?

Anton BIDENHARN:

• why did he become the EX-husband of Elizabeth SCHMITT (my French 2nd great-grandmother)?

Maria BUKMAKOWSKI (my German 2nd great-grandmother):

• when did she immigrate to the U.S.?

Johan CARLSON (my Swedish great granduncle):

• when did he (and how was he allowed to) immigrate to the U.S.?

Carl LARSSON CLARIN (my Swedish 2nd great-grandfather):

• when/where did he marry Bengta JÖNSSDOTTER?

Matthew CLARKE (my ethnicity-unknown 4th great-grandfather):

• when/where was he born?

Abigail CRAIG (my English 4th great-grandmother):

• what is her birthdate?
• when did she immigrate to the Isle of Man?

Per ENGLASSON (my Swedish 4th great-grandfather):

• when/where did he marry Boel MÅNSDOTTER?

Eric ERSSON (my Swedish 4th great-grandmother):

• when/where did he marry Stina ANDERSDOTTER?

Maria FRONTKOFSKI (my possibly-Russian 3rd great-grandmother):

• when/where did she marry Christof BUKMAKOWSKI?

Stina GABRIELSDOTTER (my Swedish 5th great-grandmother):

• when/where did she marry Isak ADOLPHSON?

Marie Anne GILLET (my French 4th great-grandmother):

• when/where did she die?

Christopher GROSSE (my French 5th great-grandfather):

• when/where was he born?

Marie Anne GURY (my French 3rd great-grandmother):

• when did she die and where is she buried?

Dorothea Friederike Christine HANSEN (my German 3rd great-grandmother):

• when/where did she die?

Mary Elizabeth HOUPERT (my French 5th great-grandmother):

• when/where did she marry Christopher GROSSE?

Sara Lisa JACOBSDOTTER (my Swedish 7th great-grandmother):

• when/where did she marry Carl Carlsson TOLF?

Ingrid JOHANNSDOTTER (my Swedish 3rd great-grandmother):

• when/where did she marry Jöns PERSSON?

Christina JOHNSDOTTER (my Swedish 4th great-grandmother):

• who did she marry?

Ingrid Stina JONASDOTTER (my Swedish 4th great-grandmother):

• when/where did she marry Andreas JONASSON?

Bengta JÖNSSDOTTER (my Swedish 2nd great-grandmother):

• does she have a headstone at Mount Olive?

Isabella JOUGHIN (my Manx 2nd great-grandmother):

• when/where did she die and where is she buried?

Elizabeth KEWLEY (my Manx 4th great-grandmother):

• when/where did she marry Patrick CHRISTIAN?

Anders LANDSTRÖM (my Swedish 4th great-grandfather):

• when/where did he marry Sophia MÖRLAND?

Johan LARSSON (my Swedish 4th great-grandfather):

• when/where did he marry Hanna PETERSDOTTER?

Anders LIDSTROM (my Swedish 5th great-grandfather):

• when/where did he marry Ingrid SVENSDOTTER?

Charles W LITTRELL (my ethnicity-unknown 3rd great-grandfather):

• when/where did he die and where is he buried?

Gustav Robert MANGELS (my great-grandfather):

• how can I confirm his military service?

Karl Johan Andersson MOLIN (husband of my Swedish 2nd great-grandmother):

• what are the circumstances of his death?

Sophia MÖRLAND (my Swedish 4th great-grandmother):

• when/where was she born?

Jacob K MUELLER (my Swiss 2nd great-grandfather):

• OMG – seriously, WHERE in Switzerland was he born?!?

Alma E MUELLER (Jacob’s daughter):

• what happened to her after her father died?

Peter THOMPSON (my Norwegian 2nd great-grandfather):

• did MY Peter THOMPSON really die at Ellis Island?

Carl TOLF (my Swedish 3rd great-grandfather):

• where is he buried?

Thomas WALTON (my English 4th great-grandfather):

• what is his birthdate?

Helena Jonasdotter WIDERBERG (my Swedish 5th great-grandmother):

• when/where was she born?

Anna WIGDER:

• is this my Swiss 3rd great-grandmother?

Wow – that’s one long to-do list. Guess I’d better get started!