Greetings to all on Memorial Day! I hope that you are having an enjoyable time however you are spending the day. I have written a few posts pertaining to my relatives in the military and military research. So, today I thought that I would highlight them. I Wish I Had Known My Great Uncle Joe…
Category: About My Ancestors
SNGF: Veering off the Find-A-Grave Path
Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings posted his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge tonight. It involved working with Findagrave.com to locate an ancestor’s cemetery information. I must admit this was one ?!@?#@*## frustrating challenge! I know most of the cemetery locations for my ancestors–within reason. Most were in the Azores where finding a cemetery burial may be…
Surname Saturday: Pimental of Nordeste
For today’s Surname Saturday, I’m going to write about one of my maternal lines: Pimental. I have Pimental in my tree a couple of times. This line originates in the Nordeste Municipality of Sao Miguel Island, Azores. My Great Great Great Grandmother was Rosa Pimental. She was born ca. 1800 in Achada Grande, Nordeste, Sao…
Surname Saturday: McSwegan
This week I’ve been working on organizing, verifying, and inputting information from my McSwegan folder. It seems appropriate that I highlight this surname this week. McSwegan is a “marry in”. Thomas McSwegan married my 3rd Great Aunt, Catherine Kelly. Catherine was the daughter of Martin Kelly and Catherine Dolan. The McSwegan’s hale from County Tyrone,…
This Is Why I Never Get Anything Accomplished
This week as part of my organizing and verifying genealogy document project I started on the McSwegan folder on my computer. I got several things input which was awesome. Then I hit a mystery. I found a child noted as nephew in the 1900 Census for Charles McSwegan. Very few people in this line were…