Archive for 'Irish Genealogy' Category
Religious Newspaper Comes to the Rescue
30 September 2008I knew that the city of San Francisco did not have a copy of the marriage record for my Great Great Grandparents, Thomas A. Jones and Margaret Kelly because the records were destroyed in 1906. I also knew that the state of California did not begin recording vital records until after 1905. I didn’t know [...]
Newspapers Provide Proof When Disasters Destroy Records
30 September 2008MARRIED
JONES–KELLY–In this city, February 7, by the Rev. Father Scanlon, Thomas A. Jones to Miss Margaret Kelly, both of this city.
[San Francisco Call, San Francisco, CA, 9 Feb 1869, page 3]
It doesn’t look like much, does it? A groom, a bride, a priest, and a date. To the untrained eye, it’s just a simple entry. [...]
Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture Posted
29 September 2008Small-Leaved Shamrock hosted the 8th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture. The topic was Back to School: Family Historians Set Goals for Irish Research.
I submitted the article Getting My Irish Ancestors Back to Ireland. I set up a plan for tracing my Dolan family so that I might one day get all [...]
The Problem with Patrick Dolan’s Obituary
24 September 2008Again on the trail of the Dolan family…
I have Patrick Dolan’s obituary, which started this whole mess, I mean, adventure. The obituary proves that Patrick Dolan is my gr gr gr Uncle, but it leaves much to be desired in sorting out his unknown brother. The only facts it presents is that he is the [...]
Figuring out when John Dolan Died
19 September 2008In 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 widow [...]
The Kelly Surname is Stalking my Dolan Family
20 August 2008I 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
18 August 2008I’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 [...]
Getting My Irish Ancestors Back to Ireland
15 August 2008I am completely stuck on my Irish lines. I’ve got them back to the late 1840s in New Hampshire, but can’t make the leap. I know they were from County Roscommon, but that’s it.
There are a few problems holding up my research. First, Martin and Catherine (Dolan) Kelly moved the family out [...]