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The Minahan Titanic Story
I have collected A LOT of "Moynahan" stories (and all spelling variants of the surname) over the years. The Moynahan/Minahan stories where I have not yet established a DNA or paper trail linking them...
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Mortimer ("Morty") Moynahan (1833-1881)
Police arrived at the tenement house No. 445 Cherry Street in New York City in July 1874 and inside they discovered Mortimer Moynahan "in a dying state while the dead body of his wife lay in an...
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Randy Majors "Ancestor Search" Yields Surprising Results
Randy Majors created an online tool called "Ancestor Search"for genealogists and it is one of the BEST search engines that I regularly use and one that often yields surprising results. Today, while...
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My May 2021 Webinar: "Finding Our Female Ancestors"
In May 2021, I was invited by the Essex Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society to present a webinar entitled "Finding Your Female Ancestors". This one hour presentation is now available on the...
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When Obituaries Get It Right (And Sometimes Wrong)
In building my Broderick family tree, I have relied upon obituaries to fill in many of the blanks. Recently, with the discovery of my 3rd Great Grandfather Michael Broderick's obituary, I contacted my...
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Update For Subscribers By Email
In April, 2021 Google announced that the Feedburner service (that has been automatically generating emails about this blog) would be discontinued in July 2021.I have been researching alternatives to...
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Ancestry Adds The Casey Collection
In October 2020, I blogged about a wonderful presentation by the Olde Sandwich South and Area Historical SocietyOSSAHS regarding the Irish settlement in Sandwich South, Ontario and how it was connected...
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Ontario Township Papers For Matthew Moynahan (1770-1860)
Piecing together the story of our ancestors has become increasingly more convenient as many records are digitized and made available online.The Archives of Ontario's most popular collections have been...
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Black Forty-Seven: The Brodericks Atlantic Crossing
I didn't want to get my hopes up when I learned new details about my 3rd great-grandfather Michael Broderick's (1801-1889) emigration from Ireland to Canada. After all, Michael Broderick's obituary...
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Colorizing and Animating Ancestor Photos
I recently shared an animation on social media of my 2nd great-grandmother (2nd GG) Mary (Brennan) Moynahan (1841-1926) (based on the photograph below) using MyHeritage Deep Nostalgia™, video...
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The Olympics: "Faster, Higher, Stronger"
Congratulations to Canada’s Andre De Grasse who won GOLD yesterday in the Men’s 200m with a time of 19.62 seconds making him the first Canadian to win gold in the 200m since Percy Williams in 1928!!...
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NEWSFLASH: British Newspaper Archive FREE
Yesterday, one million pages on the British Newspaper Archive site have become free and DO NOT require any subscription payment to view. There are 158 titles currently on offer, ranging from 1720 to...
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Four Moreland Children - Three Continents
I often refer to the four Moreland children (Jemima, Catherine, John and Mary Jane) as "orphans" but that is not entirely true.The children's mother, (my 2nd great grandmother) Agnes Bell (Hind)...
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National Grandparents Day 2021
Grandparents Day is celebrated in various countries and on various dates around the world. In North America it is celebrated on the first Sunday in September following Labour Day. The official flower...
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September 2021 Conference
The BRITISH ISLES FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY OF GREATER OTTAWA will be hosting a virtual conference “Irish Lines and Female Finds” exploring Irish records, female ancestors and genetic genealogy. (Only $45...
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Moynahan Bowling Stories
One of my favourite parts of family history research is collecting stories from family members. Recently I came across a newspaper clipping about my grandmother Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan (1902-1992)...
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The Thomas of Cork - Found At Last!
In 1900, eighty-seven year-old Timothy Moynahan (1813-1902) sat on his Mercer St. (Windsor, Essex, Ontario) porch for a Detroit Free Press photographer to take his photograph. Speaking with a "bit of...
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On This Day: Frederick Dixon Foreman Was Born In 1880
I thought a lot about my husband's great grandfather Frederick Dixon Foreman (1880-1951) this month. F.D. Foreman was born on this day the 20th of October 1880 in Wellington, Ontario the first-born son...
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Essex County Midwife - Mary (Brennan) Moynahan
My 2nd great-grandmother Mary (Brennan) Moynahan (1841-1926) was a midwife in Essex county, Ontario according to the oral history passed down to me by my first cousins (twice removed) Bernard Broderick...
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My Visit to the Wellington Archives
In October 2021 I finally visited (with my daughter) the Wellington County Museum and Archives, a trip that I was obliged to postpone for two years due to the COVID pandemic and the resultant...
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Creighton Trivia: Which Ancestor Played The Trumpet ?
My cousins are organizing another Creighton (Crichton) - Moreland - Melhuish family reunion for 2022 to be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I am trying to think of ways that I could contribute and I...
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A One-Name Study: The Annal Family
My Wallaceburg, Ontario Annal Family (Left to right: Back: Joe Hess, John Annal, William Annal, Gabriel Hess; Front: Mary Jane Annal, Mary (Hess) Annal, James Henry Allan Annal, unknown, Elizabeth...
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Remember Them November 11
My genealogical research has provided me with many details about the role that many of my ancestors played in the two world wars as well as wars prior to the First World War. I try to imagine the...
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Kerry Chronicles: Nohoval Cemetery
In 2019, our brother Patrick Moynahan sponsored our very first trip to Ireland so that we could walk in the footsteps of our ancestors. Back home in Canada, our research has continued and the stories...
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