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solving family history one branch at a time.

Category: Irish Roots

April 11, 2020

52 Ancestors – Week 14 – Water

Posted by Chiara in 52ancestors, Irish Roots, Moran, New York Research, Osborne

The prompt for week 14 is Water. I am going to follow the trend and continue with Gerard’s family as they are who I have been focussing on during this period of social distancing. Gerard’s family is primarily recent Irish immigrants, as in post 1840 or 1850s except for a couple of his lines on…Read more »

April 9, 2020

52 Ancestors – Week 13 – Nearly Forgotten

Posted by Chiara in 52ancestors, Irish Roots, New York Research

The prompt for Week 13 was nearly forgotten, to me the people in the family tree who died as infants, children, teenagers, young or without children are the ones who tend to not have their stories told. I have been researching on a couple of Gerard’s lines. One of the people I found in his…Read more »

October 12, 2019

52 Ancestors – Week 41 – Context

Posted by Chiara in 52ancestors, Irish Roots, Moran

And just like that this post will have caught me up with the prompts for 52 Ancestors and that is making me feel pretty proud. As I work to become a better researcher, I find myself thinking of Context. I find myself thinking of how the pieces fit together between history, social events and family…Read more »

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019

52 Ancestors – Week 6 – Surprise

Posted by Chiara in 52ancestors, Bass, DNA, Irish Roots, Moran, New York Research, Norway, Osborne

I have been mulling the topic of this post for a few days. Trying to figure out where to go with it and trying to figure out if there was a big A-Ha moment in my research and I really couldn’t come up with anything. Looking back I would have to say the biggest surprises…Read more »

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018

Some of my Favorite Podcasts

Posted by Chiara in DNA, general, Irish Roots

I love podcasts. I find them a great source of personal development. It fills the time when I am driving back and forth to work or while waiting for the kids to get out of activities. I became addicted to podcasts when I first started as a Beachbody Coach and my tastes have evolved over…Read more »

August 14, 2018

Decoding those leaves…

Posted by Chiara in Bass, Clinton County, NY, general, Irish Roots, professional

  We all know about those shaky leaves on ancestry. See these leaves here they sit for a long time. These in particular because they deal with Irish Ancestry. I you look you will see a lot of Peter, Marys and Bridgets. They give me a headache after a while. Decoding a leaf for me…Read more »

July 4, 2018

Leaves, potential mothers & fathers

Posted by Chiara in general, Irish Roots, professional, Stewart

Ancestry has a new feature to go along with their shaky leaves. They now give you potential hints for Mothers and Fathers. If you have followed me for a while you know I am not a fan of the shaky leaf, so it goes to say that I am not a hyuge fan of the…Read more »

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018

GRIP – Day 2

Posted by Chiara in general, Irish Roots, professional

Day 2 was another whirlwind of classes here at GRIP. (above is a picture of LaRoche College where GRIP is being held.) The morning started with a class on “Dutch” in NY and how the Dutch may just not be Dutch at all which was quite enlightening. We then proceeded to learning about the land…Read more »

April 8, 2018April 8, 2018

Not my forte…

Posted by Chiara in general, Irish Roots, professional, Uncategorized

So I will be totally honest here, Irish research gives me a headache.  A big massive migraine. A great friend gave me a book on researching your Irish roots and I should probably break it out and read it. I am working on one of my pro-bono cases to gain knowledge on report writing and…Read more »

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