Tag Archives: Family: Ryan (Tipperary)

The challenge for Randy’s Saturday Night Fun is: Which of your ancestors were alive in 1909? Tell us where your ancestral families were living in 1909. What country, state, county,  city/town, etc. Who was in the family at the time? Use the 1910 census as “close enough.” Have you found each of these families in the 1910 census? Write a blog post about your response. Or write a comment to this post. Have fun. Learn something!

The theme for the 13th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture is Irish names. Share with us the surnames in your Irish family tree, but don’t just stop there. Do a little research and tell us the origin of one or more of those surnames, the stories of how they might have changed over the years, or tales of how they’ve been mixed up and misspelled, etc. Want to focus on your family’s given names instead? Share with us the story of your ancestors’ Irish first names […]

Still catching up on Randy’s Saturday Night Challenges.  This one is from March 28 and goes a little something like this: Identify one “elusive ancestor” family (perhaps one you just found, or one you’ve not found any information about), and the county/state that they resided in. Tell us the family name and the county/state. Go to the FHL Catalog, find the resources for that county/state. Identify at least three items from the FHL Catalog that you need to look into in an effort to further your knowledge about that family’s […]

Taking the bait from Craig over at GeneaBlogie, here’s my list of names, places, and most wanted faces. Names Places Cahill Cook Co., Illinois Kane Co. Illinois Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland Garrison Cook Co., Illinois Picton, Ontario, Canada Leppin Cook Co., Illinois Germany McMahon Cook Co. Illinois Tipperary, Ireland Miller/Mueller/Muller Cook Co., Illinois Germany Millet Kane Co., Illinois Kilkenny, Ireland Mulligan Genesee Co., Michigan Norton/Naughton Connecticut Rutland Co. Vermont England Parks/Parke New London Co., Connecticut Oakland Co., Michigan Rottman Cook Co., Illinois Eastern Iowa/Western Illinois (Quad Cities) Germany Ryan Tipperary, Ireland […]

Before I left for my trip, I was doing some quick research on my McMahon line.  Aunt Flo wanted to know more about Timothy or Thomas, more specifically, which name was correct.  From what I can tell, he went by both, although I am not sure why.