Week 2:
Week 2’s theme is “Favorite Photo.” Yes, I’ve included this prompt in the last few years of 52 Ancestors, and for good reason: Photos capture our family history like few other things can. Besides, how can you limit yourself to one?! This week, tell the story of a favorite photo: who is in it, where and when was it taken, and – just as important – why was it taken?

This photo taken around 1926 in Tampa, Florida captures 4 generations of the Archibald descendants. Olive McCurdy Archibald, the matriarch (mother of Percy from week 1), seated on the left and next to her, one of her daughters, Mary Elizabeth Clay, standing behind them is Estelle Forsyth, daughter of Mary Elizabeth Clay and the two young girls are her daughters Elizabeth and Annie. I love the photo because the expressions on their faces show true joy. The Archibalds may have scattered but there was always love.