Category Archives: GenBlog

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish in me, I thought I’d share a St. Patty’s Day card. This card is from my dad.  The copyright on the card is 1988, so it’s pretty likely that’s the year I received it.  It would […]

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

It’s Celebrate Your Name Week.  So to celebrate, I’m going to do a post for each day’s festivities. Today is Genealogy Day Join in on one of the world’s fastest growing hobbies and celebrate names at the same time. I think I can safely say, […]

Prompt:  Talk about highlights and events from your local genealogy society. Most genealogy bloggers are members of several historical societies and love to hear about the events in other organizations. This is also a great way to attract new members.

It’s time for the 12th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the theme for this edition is a parade of all things Irish. Growing up, we always celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with corned beef and cabbage, […]

It’s Celebrate Your Name Week.  So to celebrate, I’m going to do a post for each day’s festivities. Today is Middle Name Pride Day Today’s name celebration requires honesty and boldness. Tell three people who don’t already know it, what your middle name is. Instead, […]

This is one of the oldest memorial cards that I have.  And for the longest time, I couldn’t place her in the family.  When I made the discovery about Tessie Karas (post 1, post 2, post 3) being a Cahill, I also figured out that […]