You may have heard. The National Library of Ireland website now has the Catholic Church Parish Register records online and available to research for free. The records are available to research for free. I’ve been waiting a long time to get my hands dirty with Irish research. To say I am eager to begin this…
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I am so tired of you, Margaret Dolan Coyne!
Do you have that one ancestor or relative who drives you nuts? I don’t mean those who are still living. You know, the one who no matter how many databases you search, microfilms you roll through, and indexes you go through, they managed to slip through the cracks. It appears they went through life and…
Mary Collis, Take Three
There are times when I am more efficient than I thought I was. I was beating myself up for misplacing Patrick Dolan’s probate file when it hit me. I took copious notes from the massive file! I pulled down the Kelly/Dolan binder, flipped to Patrick Dolan’s section, and began reading. After going through the notes,…
One more question about Mary Collis
After I wrote my blog post last night about Mary Collis, daughter of Bridget Dolan, something occurred to me. How do I know that Mary Collis ever came to America? Every thing I know about Mary Collis came from the refiled probate records for her Uncle, Patrick Dolan. I have part of that file in…
How can I solve the mystery of Mary Collis?
Last week, I finished off my Individual Summary project with Mary Collis. Looking over the little information that I had for her made me want to find out more. This story starts with Patrick Dolan, my 3rd great uncle. He died in 1905, but his probate records were lost in the 1906 earthquake. His niece,…