We have several early immigrants in our family tree that came from Ireland, but most of them from the Protestant north. However, there is one notable exception … William Durgy, the first Irishman in Boston!
Archive for March, 2009
St. Patrick’s Day Story for 2009
Posted in Durkee, family story, surnames on March 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
An Interesting Woman Ancestor in your Family Tree
Posted in Dustin, Eastman, Emerson, family story, surnames on March 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is the G! Genealogy Entertainment News Report and today’s story is about Cowgirls and Indians … from the frontier town of Haverhill, Massachusetts. The 1697 frontier, that is.
My family ties to The Last Naval Battle of the American Revolution
Posted in family story, Lowell, Revolution, Sargent, tagged alliance, family story, linkedin, Lowell, Revolution on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
… I start entering [the data] … Hannah’s brother John had four children … Gideon was a shipwright and Delmar Lowell notes he was famous for building the 32-gun frigate Alliance for the Continental Navy … WAIT, WHAT WAS THAT??? …the Alliance? Captain John Barry’s ship? that fought the Last Naval Battle of the Revolution, right off the coast of Cape Canaveral? The ship associated with that cannon memorial we just dedicated? Oh, my!
Hello world!
Posted in welcome, tagged welcome on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hello and welcome to my Blog. A great big thank you to Drew Smith, one of The Genealogy Guys, for his presentation to the Indian River Genealogical Society about social networking tools including Facebook and blogging. As Webmaster for the IRGS, I had to try these things out and the results have been truly amazing. [...]
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