In my last post about my Dolan research I wrote about how my Dolan’s were getting all tangled up with the Kelly surname. I’ve been following the family of John Dolan and Bridget Kelly who lived in San Mateo, California according to the 1880 census. Bridget (Kelly) Dolan’s obituary told me that she was a…
Tag: Irish Genealogy
The Kelly Surname is Stalking my Dolan Family
I decided to put in some time on my Dolan’s this weekend since I’m all juiced up to solve their mystery. When I started, I knew that Catherine Dolan married Martin Kelly ca 1840. Little did I know that Dolan families would work their way into the tree over multiple generations. As I was going…
My First Carnival of Genealogy
I’ve been reading about the carnivals of genealogy on Randy Seaver’s blog for some time. For the life of me I could never figure out how you found out about them and where to submit your entry. When I signed up for the Genea Bloggers Network on Facebook, I found out that many carnivals are…
Did Margaret Kelly Die Before or After 1906?
Genealogy Research Journal #5, Entry #3 My next step was to find out when Margaret (Kelly) Jones died. If she died before 1906, there were no indexes to refer to. Women were not listed in city directories before 1910 unless they were widowed or single. I’d have to put on my genealogy thinking cap to…
An Ancestor Named Margaret
Genealogy Research Journal #5, Entry #1 In this genealogy research journal, we explore my grandmother’s maternal line. A line I knew very little about when I started my family tree despite my grandmother’s help. Because of the unique challenges that researching San Francisco records at the turn of the century present, I had to locate…