When I moved my blog to the new domain name, I also upgraded WordPress. I didn’t realize it but some of the setting were different that the previous version. For some reason, this blog was set to require registration in order to leave comments. Once I realized that’s what was going on, I couldn’t figure…
Category: General Genealogy
My Three Legged Wonder Dog
[The 13th Edition of Smile for the Camera Carnival theme is All Creatures Great and Small–The Family Pets. Get ready to meet my three legged wonder dog, Sierra…] My brother gave us Sierra as a gift. She was a wobbly legged flat faced 8 week old Lab/Golden Mix pup. She cracked us up as she…
From Bresch to Breilh
I’d given up some time ago on finding my Breilh ancestors in the Ellis Island database (www.ellisislandrecords.org). I tried every variation of Breilh that I could think of. I tried first name searches as well. The family was nowhere to be found. Recently, I saw an obituary in the paper for a Lassalle. It listed…
Today is Ellis Island Family History Day
Do you have ancestors who came through Ellis Island? Today is your day 🙂 The significance of April 17th is that more immigrants passed through Ellis Island on this day than any other. The number was 11, 747. You can search for you Ellis Island ancestors by visited the Ellis Island website. For best results…
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…