Author Archives: matthannan

A good day

Posted on 22 May 2016 by matthannan

Not the worst of Saturdays, even though it is Sunday for the rest of the world. Started off by having “boy time” with Calin. We went to Home Depot for a 12″ framing square and then spent an hour browsing. Highlight had to have been playing Go Fish with imaginary cards while seated at a patio set larger than our entire backyard.… Read the rest

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Tom Hunter

Posted on 26 April 2016 by matthannan

Tom Hunter article in Irish Examiner… Read the rest

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A visit to Glasnevin Cemetery

Posted on 31 March 2016 by matthannan

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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Walking the path of my ancestors

Posted on 30 March 2016 by matthannan

I am recently back from a trip to Dublin, in which I took part in the Centenary celebrations of the 1916 Easter Rising. I will cover that in a different post. For this post, I am more concerned with sharing my experience in tracing my Hanno/an ancestors.… Read the rest

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Home Movies

Posted on 28 December 2015 by matthannan

I recently installed a larger capacity hard drive in my computer at home. I went from two 250GB drives to a 1.5TB drive. I also freed up a 1TB external USB drive that I was using for Downloads and general backups.… Read the rest

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RIP Stanley the Cat

Posted on 7 December 2015 by matthannan

Do we cry for the departed, ourselves or the loss of Life itself? Perhaps a bit of each. … Read the rest

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Organize Anything with Pegboard: 11 Ideas and Tips | The Family Handyman

Posted on 2 September 2015 by matthannan

That moment where your brain catches on fire…

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Pegboard is everywhere—panels, hooks, doodads, you name it. Every hand tool in the hardware store ishanging on pegboard. Every bag of bolts, roll of duct tape and tinof Tic Tacs at the checkout counter—pegboarded.

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The Dead and The Restless, Part 2

Posted on 14 August 2015 by matthannan

I can’t believe I never got back to this! Sorry about that.

So, when we left off, we were in a cemetery in Dublin. The Find-A-Grave volunteer that answered my call for photos proved to be one of the best. He made several trips to the cemetery and sent a load of pictures.… Read the rest

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Genealogy Updates

Posted on 13 August 2015 by matthannan

Calin’s Irish Citizenship paperwork was kicked back. We need to provide a copy of “a gov’t issued photo ID”. Umm? You mean a passport? Yup.
So that is currently in the works as of last Monday.

DNA: Jenny’s brother’s results are back.… Read the rest

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The Dead and The Restless

Posted on 24 May 2015 by matthannan

This is a follow-on to the post about all of the new Flynn info. It is hard for me to come to terms with the fact that while all of that was going and all of the following was getting started, that I was studying for and taking final exams!… Read the rest

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