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Naming Patterns of a Different Kind
As I venture along in my genealogy research, I find some rather interesting naming “patterns”, if it’s to be called that. Generally when one thinks of naming patterns in one’s family, one thinks of patterns in naming children. For example, my...
Carnival of Genealogy
Well, it's about time I stop pondering just what a Blog Carnival is and dig right in! Actually, I think I finally get what it is! It's a collection of blogs that post on a similar topic according to pre-set increments. For example, the Carnival of...
Introducing
Joseph and Mary (HODICK) McHUGH. I found this picture among the collections that were in my dad's home. It was taken at McVan's Nite Club on Niagara Street in Buffalo NY( it was inside a souvenir photo folder with the club's design on front). I think...
What a Find
It seems that I'm exclaming "OMG, What a Find!" quite often these days. Today I joined Miriam, Teri, Apple, and Craig for Miriam's monthly "Scanfest". A group of genealogy folks "meet" in a Windows Live Messenger conference and chat while scanning pi...
What Does Your Work Space Look Like?
I finally managed to find space to put all the treasures I'd found from my dad's home and put away the folding table on which it was all resting. I actually have space to WORK! I bought a few photographic storage containers (archival safe, of course)...
Same or Different? Revisited
A few weeks back I posted two pictures of whom I believed were the same person, my maternal great-grandmother Jane DOYLE. (The picture on the right is an updated, touched-up version sent to me by my cousin, Linda, who found me apparently through this...

