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Happy Mother's Day
I am grateful for the inspiration and strength that flows through my blood from my many women ancestors: the women ancestors I have known in my lifetime; the women ancestors I have located through my...
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52 Ancestors No.19: A Donivan Tragedy on the Chapleau River 1952
This is the nineteenth of 52 blog posts for the 2015 edition of the 52 Ancestors challenge. I have been blogging my family history for the #52Ancestors challenge since it began in 2014.#52Ancestors...
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Historical Ontario Vital Statistics Records Available Online for FREE
The Archives of Ontario successfully signed a licencing agreement with Family Search International (FSI) to make available online several years of historical Ontario vital statistics records previously...
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52 Ancestors No. 23- The Moynahan-McHugh Wedding (1954)
This is my twenty-third of 52 blog posts for the 2015 edition of the 52 Ancestors challenge. I have been blogging my family history for the #52Ancestors challenge since it began in 2014.#52Ancestors...
View ArticleWindsor, Ontario: Steps Through Time by Philip Robinet
Windsor Ontario: Steps Through Time: Part 1 (1780-1920) Windsor Ontario: Steps Through Time Part 2 (1920-1945) Windsor Ontario: Steps Through Time Part 3 (1945-1961)
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52 Ancestors No.22: The Art of Colorizing Photographs
This is my twenty-second of 52 blog posts for the 2015 edition of the 52 Ancestors challenge. I have been blogging my family history for the #52Ancestors challenge since it began in 2014.#52Ancestors...
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52 Ancestors No. 21: Gretta Marie (Coughlin) Langlois
This is my twenty-first of 52 blog posts for the 2015 edition of the 52 Ancestors challenge. I have been blogging my family history for the #52Ancestors challenge since it began in 2014.#52Ancestors...
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52 Ancestors No. 25: My Mystery "Homestead Veranda" Photograph
This is my twenty-first of 52 blog posts for the 2015 edition of the 52 Ancestors challenge. I have been blogging my family history for the #52Ancestors challenge since it began in 2014.#52Ancestors...
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Happy Fathers' Day
Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Most countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June.The history...
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52 Ancestors No. 26: Is Johanna a Missing Moynahan Daughter?
Week (June 25-July 1) marks the halfway point in the year (2015) - and the halfway point in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge!Amy Crow poses the question, "What ancestor do you have that you feel...
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Abandoned Mt. Moriah Cemetery - A Heartbreaking Beauty
Today's blog post is about an abandoned cemetery: Mount Moriah Cemetery in Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855, Mount Moriah Cemetery was one of the popular rural burial grounds for the victorian elite of...
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52 Ancestors No. 24: My Grandparent's Funeral Cards
I have decided to devote this week's blog post to the huge collection of mass, funeral and prayer cards that were passed down to me from my grandparents Ernest and Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan.The...
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52 Ancestors No. 20 - The Schofields
This week's blog post is about Arthur ("Art") and Margaret (Coughlin) SchofieldArthur ("Art") and Margaret (Coughlin) SchofieldMargaret Loretta Coughlin was born the 13th of July 1904 in Wallaceburg,...
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52 Ancestors No. 27 - Ottawa Photographs of Moynahan Kin?
I posess a number of family photographs that were taken at various locations on Sparks Street in Ottawa.Sparks Street, Ottawa photographsPittaway & Jarvis Photographer117 Sparks St., OttawaJohn...
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52 Ancestors No.28: The Irish Brogue and French Priests
The Moynahans of Essex county arrived in North America in the late 1820s (first in Pennsylvania) and settled in Ontario and Michigan in the 1830s.Finding records of the Moynahans in Ireland has been...
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52 Ancestors No. 30: Department Commander James Moynahan 1917
I found new information and a new photograph of my ancestor (1st cousin 4x removed) James Moynahan (1842-1919) while searching through the Hathi Trust holdings for the surname "Moynahan"Grand Army of...
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52 Ancestors No. 29: Mary (Moynahan) Moynahan of Corktown, Detroit
Sometimes genealogical research has you going in circles and sometimes on the second or third time around in the same circle you discover something new.Such is the case with my first cousin (4x...
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52 Ancestors No.31 Meeting Distant Cousins from the Annal-Hess Clan
For Week 31 (July 30-August 5), Amy Crow has suggested the theme "Easy" to begin August with.For me, with thanks to distant cousin genealogists Vicky Hess and Kim Simpson, my Annal-Hess clan research...
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52 Ancestors No.32: My 32 3rd-Great-Grandparents
Did you know you have 32 3rd-great-grandparents? Did you know that "By the time you hit those seventh great grandparents, you have a whopping 1,022 slots on your family tree to try to fill."? (Source:...
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Texas Guinan - "Give The Little Girl A Great Big Hand"
Sometimes when I do genealogical research online I find myself taking wild tangents that are quite fun!I have researched the Colorado Moynahans before and never come across a story about a John J....
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