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Category Archives: Genealogy
Flynns and Draddys and Donohues, Oh My!
In a follow up to this post and this post, I finally received the first of the grave records from Calvary Cemetery in Queens. This took just over two months, which seems a bit long, especially for the amount of “research” that went into this and the cost.… Read the rest
Names Change
In an effort to clear my desk fo at least one piece of paper, I am going to write this blog post about my mother’s, mother’s father, David T. Atkinson Sr. At least, that is what he thought his name was.… Read the rest
Cooke’s Lane, Dublin
My father’s father’s family lived in the area around Watling Street, Dublin, Ireland in the late 19th Century.
One of the longest running addresses that they had was on the now extinct Cooke’s Lane.
I have run across mentions of this laneway on maps from the 18th Century, and every time I find a new-to-me old map of Dublin, I look for Cooke’s Lane.… Read the rest
Draddy say what?
Cathy Swift – The multilingual origins of medieval Irish surnames
This is not a surname that is run into too terribly often… Read the rest
Calling all ye Flynns, Draddys and Donohues!
So, Uncle Sam took a good bite out of me this year, so there wasn’t near the amount of available money that I was hoping for, but I did talk myself into buying a little something for myself from my last AT&T bonus.… Read the rest
Atkinson
My mother’s mother’s paternal line.
I have been tracking these folks like Boba Fett.
While taking a break from actual genealogy and waiting for the results of some DNA tests, I decided to gather together all of the interesting/pertinent emails that have passed between my mother and I about this branch of the tree.… Read the rest
Draddy
This morning the Draddy clan were restless.
John Draddy is one of my maternal 3x great-grandfathers.He was born in County Cork, Ireland around 1835 and died in an freak explosion at a construction site in Manhattan in 1880.
Armed with an actual plot number, I turned to FindAGrave.com… Read the rest
Twofer
In the latest episode of The DNA Thread, I feel like throwing up.
Last week, I was entering all kinds of DNA data into a program called GenomeMate Pro and I noticed a lot of matches that matched both my mom and my sister, but none of the known, tested cousins.… Read the rest
A visit to Glasnevin Cemetery
A few days after visiting all the places my Hannon clan lived, it was time to meet them at their final address: Glasnevin Cemetery.
Last year, I was fortunate enough to have a photo request picked up by an amazing volunteer at Find-A-Grave.… Read the rest
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