This week Randy asks us to name our ancestor with the most unique name for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. I couldn’t come up with anything in my ancestry for a first and last name combination, so I’m going with the most unusual first name. I found my maternal Great Great grandfather in several records but…
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Earliest Childhood Memories
Randy of Genea-Musings has set out his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge. This week we are to recall one of earliest childhood memories and blog about it. As many of you know I got a puppy in July. Having Misha in my home reminds me of when I was about 3 1/2 years old and…
A Week without Posting
Last week was an amazing and difficult week. I had so much to think about that I didn’t get around to posting at all. The good news…my sweet 3 legged Lab who I wrote about on this blog is getting a donated doggie wheel chair! I’ll post more about that later. But, there was much…
Newspaper Clipping File: McSwegan
One of the families I know very little about is the McSwegan’s. My Gr Gr Gr Aunt, Catharine Kelly, married Thomas McSwegan sometime in the 1870s. They’re children were Hugh, Nellie, Joseph, Catherine, Alice, Arthur, and Ellen. The family lived in various areas of San Francisco. I know that Catharine lived with several of her…
Details about John C. Jones’ Death
I don’t know why, but I get emotionally attached to the people I research. As their story unfolds, I feel like I’m getting to know them. I continued researching John C. Jones (now known as John Charles Jones). Something intrigued me on his mortuary record. It stated that he died of gas asphyxiation. My first…