Saturday Night Fun on Sunday

I didn't get to Genea-Musings' "Saturday Night Genealogy Fun" until Sunday, but I think it's a worthwhile exercise to do on any day.  The idea is to make a table that lays out 10 direct-line generations and potentially how many people could be in that group.  Then you look at your tree to see how many people you have out of the possible ones at each level.



So here's my table, with credit to Chris Cowan's "What's Your Number" post for the table itself:




















































































Generation

Relationship

Possible
People

My
Tree




1




You




1




1




2




Parents




2




2




3




Grandparents




4




4







4




Great-


Grandparents







8







8




5




2X Great-


Grandparents







16







14




6




3X Great-


Grandparents







32







17




7




4X Great-


Grandparents







64







13




8




5X Great-


Grandparents







128







13




9




6X Great-


Grandparents







256







10




10




7X Great-


Grandparents







512







11










Total: 
1023




93





plus 6 - 8X
Great-Grandparents and 1 - 9X Great-grandparent



I'm pleased to see how well I've done up to the 2X level -- only one great-grandmother who's turned out to be a brick wall.  From there, despite the fact that I'm only about 10% complete on the whole thing,  I'm really pleased at how far I've come since I started!  People in each level, up to 12th generation!  My very oldest is Gerd von Glaan, born in 1598.  Wow!  (So many exclamation points!)



This also gives me more ideas about what I want to tackle at the Family History Library.  Hermine Kleemann, that great-grandmother, is certainly on the list.  And I could focus on filling out that 3X great-grandparent level, across the board.



The thing is, I don't know how much I can accomplish in 2-1/2 days.  But I got a tip that you should have one main focus (say, Hermine Kleemann) and then a list of possible other things, if you either solve that problem right away or discover that it won't be easily solved at the Library.



So, a worthy exercise.  Did you do yours?

Comments

  1. Dana LeedsJanuary 12, 2015 at 10:21 AM

    I did mine, too! It was an interesting exercise. I didn't realize that I'm missing 4 (& only 4) of my 3x great grandparents. That's definitely something I want to work on!

    I seem to bounce around too much in my research & would probably get more accomplished if I narrowed my focus. I'll work on it!

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  2. Elise Ann WormuthJanuary 12, 2015 at 2:07 PM

    Oh, Dana, did you read my last post? :) I'm the queen of bouncing around. I did find this a good exercise to show where I should maybe be focusing my attention. Thanks for the comment!

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