It’s time for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, Randy’s fun weekly genealogy challenge! This week I’m supposed to identify my TMRUA–third most recent unknown ancestor and supply some information on him or her. I am able to go out to my 4th greats for most of my lines (except the Jackson’s) I have to go out…
Tag: Ireland
Monday Mystery: A Kelly Out of Place
I spent the weekend working on my Kelly folder. I got alot of documents input and organized. As I was flipping through city directory pages I noticed this entry in the 1893 San Francisco City Directory: Kelly, Michael J, horseshoer, r Five Mile House It caught my eye because my relative, Mary (Kelly) Meincke and…
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,…
Tombstone Tuesday: Catharine Kelly’s Tombstone Found
A month or so ago, I added some graves to findagrave.com. I only got through a few, added a couple of photos, then requested 3 photos. Last week, I was contacted by a volunteer. He went to Holy Cross Cemetery but couldn’t find my graves. I sent him what little information I had for his…
These Death Certificates Complicate Things
I thought it would be a nice addition to my brother-in-law’s Christmas present if I found his Higgins line. So many databases have been added to the web since I last tackled this line two years. I might get lucky. What I know: 1. His great grandmother was Margaret Higgins 2. She was born in…