Randy's challenge this week (see http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/11/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-show-us.html) is to generate maps of US states and Canadian provinces we've visited using the cool mapping tool at http://www.defocus.net/visitedstates/us-canada.html. The "advanced challenge" is to generate maps of your 16 great-great grandparents resided when they married.
1. Map of my travels:
pink is for states/provinces I've visited, but no spent much time in
amber is for states/provinces where I've at least slept and seen some sights
blue is for states/provinces where I've spent a lot of time and seen a fair amount
green is for states/provinces where I've spent a great deal of time on multiple visits (or lived)
YES, I have visited EVERY state in the U.S. at least once and I've lived in Virginia, Missouri (briefly, as a baby), Japan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Ohio, Colorado, Washington, Hawaii, and Arizona (only in winter). My parents retired to Florida, in-laws lived in California, and daughter lives in Minnesota. I've driven across the country three times (so far) and visiting the Canadian maritime provinces is definitely on my bucket list.
2. Randy suggests showing where our 3rd great-grandparents were living at the time of their marriage. That only gives me 8 points, since they all resided near each other prior to marriage, so my next map is of states where my 3rd great-grandparents were BORN.
pink is for states where ONE 3ggparent was born;
amber is for states where TWO 3ggparents were born;
blue is for states where THREE 3ggparents were born;
green is for states where FOUR 3ggparents were born.
Note that this map only shows birth locations for 13 of my 3ggparents; the other 3 were immigrants to the U.S., being born in England (one) and Germany (two). The NJ and OH births (+ all 3 foreign births) were on my Dad's side; the
