Mightier Acorns

Journeys through Genealogy and Family History

A parody of a family coat of arms designed with acorns as elements, with the motto "ex gladnis potentioribus" Latin for "from Mighty Acorns"
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Tad Callin has been working on family history and genealogy since the late 1990s. He does most of his research on Ancestry and posts what he learns to WikiTree.
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My Sixteen

Early on, I found a useful research approach 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 of my great-grandparents gave my research some focus and scope. And I have found that it is easier for cousins and fellow researchers to find you if you talk about more surnames than your own.

This page lists My Sixteen 2nd-great-grandparents, so if you share common ancestry with one of them, you’re my distant cousin! They appear in Ahentafel order, 16-31, assuming that my sister or myself are “1”:

  1. John Henry Callin (1840-1913) – link to posts tagged “Callin” on Mightier Acorns
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  2. Amanda Lydia Walker (1856-1933) – posts tagged “Walker“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  3. Allen Marion Greenlee (1861-1887) – posts tagged “Greenlee“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  4. Alice A Hale (1865-1942) – posts tagged “Hale” or “Hales“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  5. Abraham Howard Witter (1859-1918) – posts tagged “Witter“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  6. Nancy Ellen Shriver (1864-1936) – posts tagged “Shriver“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  7. Albert Crydler Huff (1854-1936) – posts tagged “Huff“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  8. Rosa Edith Murray (1861-1943) – posts tagged “Murray“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  9. Joel Monroe Clark (1828-1915) – posts tagged “Clark“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  10. Sarah Jane Bellamy (1836-1920) – posts tagged “Bellamy“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  11. James Thomas Reynolds (1852-1911) – posts tagged “Reynolds“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  12. Mary Frances May (1858-1882) – posts tagged “May“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  13. John Jackson Tuttle (1872-1963) – posts tagged “Tuttle“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  14. Florence Mabel Hart (1874-1945) – posts tagged “Hart“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  15. Emil Carl Adolph Frey (1869-1936) – posts tagged “Frey“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile
  16. Emily Amelia Opp (1871-1913) – posts tagged “Opp“
    Ancestry link – FamilySearch – WikiTree Profile

Say hello, cousin!