I hardly know anything about the Doyle and O’Leary families, other than that they were supposed to have been from Wexford, Ireland. Wexford is the name of both a city… [Continue Reading]
Author: TerryB
I have been researching mine and my husband’s families for many years, but really got into it after having some family members’ DNA tested and uploading our tree to Ancestry. I have found books written about some of my husband’s ancestors who have been in the US since at least 1634! We knew he had an ancestor who was in the War of 1812, but it turns out he is descended from a few Revolutionary War patriots as well. We also found out that even though we had always thought he was only Irish and English that he has German ancestors, which the DNA testing verified. My ancestors haven’t been here nearly as long, making researching my roots in Ireland and Italy a lot more difficult. But I love finding new cousins we didn’t know about and learning about our ancestors. I think it’s good for our kids to know where they came from and some of the cool things that their ancestors have done. Heck we found out that my kids are 4th cousins 6 times removed to Gideon Welles, Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy.
So here’s what I know about Miles. He was born somewhere in Connecticut, possibly Haddam or Middletown around 1769. He married Asenath Cowles. (I’ll be writing about the Cowles family… [Continue Reading]
That’s a question I would really like to find the answer to. Her birth name was Anna Maria Italiano. She changed it when she became an actress. The story in… [Continue Reading]
So the first family lineage that I uploaded is the Blizard Family. See it here https://myfamgen.com/blizard-family/ I had created a book for my husband’s mother and her siblings for Christmas…. [Continue Reading]
Welcome to my new genealogy blog. I’ll be writing about the interesting stories I have discovered about my and my husband’s families while doing genealogy research and the brick walls… [Continue Reading]