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Tag Archives: Ireland
Friday’s Faces From The Past!
Do Not Weep… Do not stand by my grave and weep I am not dead, I do not sleep I am a thousand winds that blow I am a diamond glint on snow I am the sunset on ripened grain … Continue reading
Stepping Back In Time!
The Usher Ancestral home, Co. Antrim… On my most recent trip back home in the summer of 2014 I had no idea of the unexpected treasures, revelations and surprises I would come across on this particular trip. I had an invitation to … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday!
“Days Gone By”… “The special book upon the shelf, Was made with many hands. Our ancestors who posed back then, All came from different lands. Their pictures were all tucked away, And rarely did we see, The importance of these treasures, … Continue reading
Short Service Record – No. 8211, Robert Norry Wilson!
A “Twist of Fate” that led me back in time to Burt, Co. Donegal… Born in 113 Creggan Road, Londonderry on 7 Aug 1887, Robert Norry Wilson was my great grand uncle. He was one of thirteen children born to … Continue reading
Tombstone Tuesday!
Hidden Headstones… In August of 2014 I was, once again, in the Derry City Cemetery searching for family graves. Since my last trip “back home” in 2012 my research had unearthed several family connections and various other family members who were … Continue reading
The Murdock-McAleese Twisted Limb
From Co. Antrim, Ireland to Pennsylvania, U.S.A. … Born in the Ballymoney area of Co. Antrim, Ireland on 30 March 1878, she was the eldest of three children, and only daughter; born to Alexander Murdock and Jane Holmes. Her two … Continue reading
Posted in Co. Antrim, Family History, Geneaology, Ireland
Tagged Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Family History, Geneaology, Ireland, McAleese Family, Murdoch Family, Pennsylvania, USA
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Friday’s Faces From The Past!
My Berry Connection… “I would I were alive again to kiss the fingers of the rain.” Edna St. Vincent Millay Copyright (c) (2014) (https://colleenjmurdoch.wordpress.com). All Rights Reserved.
Posted in Belfast, Co. Antrim, Co. Down, Family History, Geneaology, Ireland
Tagged Belfast, Berry Family, Co. Antrim, Co. Down, Family History, GeneaBlogger Daily Blogging Prompt, Ireland
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A Full Circle Moment!
MY Sweeney’s of Garryharry, Co. Donegal… For years I didn’t know what the initial “S” stood for when my father was signing his name. After quite some time I discovered he was named after his paternal grandmother Lizzie Sweeney. As … Continue reading
Posted in Co. Donegal, Family History, Geneaology, Ireland
Tagged Family History, Garryharry, Ireland, Letterkenny, Robinson Family, Sweeney Family
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Wordless Wednesday!
The Templecormac Graveyard, Upper Ballinderry… “We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no more shadow, darkness, loneliness, isolation, or pain. They are home.” … Continue reading
They Hailed from Where Exactly?
To Londonderry via Letterykenny & Glasgow My maternal 2nd great grandparents were John Chambers and Catherine Johnston. Their marriage was “Solemnized at Londonderry in the Parish of Templemore in Co. Derry” on 13 September 1870 in St. Columb’s Cathedral, indicating … Continue reading
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