52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 29a – More About Music

Yesterday (July 20^th) I shared what I had written for a writing class about taking piano lessons when I was in grade school.

Today I'd like to share how piano recitals can have a genealogical application. I kept all my programs from so long ago and put them into a scrapbook. So now I can look back and see howmany relatives were playing at the same recitals.

1948 = 4 – Vonda, Eldon, Joyce and Betty

1949 = 4 – Vonda, Eldon, Joyce and Oran

1950 = 4 – Vonda, Eldon, Joyce and Oran

1951 = 4 – Vonda, Eldon, Joyce and Diane

1952 = 3 – Vonda, Eldon, and Oran

1953 = 5 – Vonda, Eldon, Oran, Diane and          Marcelle

This is what often happened when you lived in a small town where a number of family 

members also lived. Oran was my brother. Vonda and Eldon were 2^nd cousins, one on my 

mother's side of the family and the other on my father's side. Joyce and Betty were sisters 

and were 2^nd cousins once removed and Diane and Marcelle were also sisters and 2^nd 

cousins once removed. So I shared playing in piano recitals with 7 different relatives.