Tag Archives: Family: Cahill

In a recent post, I stated that I was going to create a disaster plan to figure out what is important for me to save if a disaster were to occur.  I challenged others to do the same and will post their responses in a post next week.  In the meantime, here are the family treasures I would risk saving in the event of a disaster. Family Bible This Bible was given to Sarah Norton WEBSTER (my 3rd great-grandmother) by her father Calvin Price WEBSTER in 1850.  It’s very old, […]

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

The theme for the 55th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is Show & Tell.  I’ve been doing some digging into my paternal grandfather, specifically his time overseas during WWII, so I thought it appropriate to “show” some of these WWII artifacts and “tell” a complementary story. his story is by no means complete.  I have much more digging and uprooting to do, but I wanted to share what I have so far. Enjoy! John Francis CAHILL (1922-1984) (opens a PDF)

The back-to-school edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture is upon us. The challenge, as I understand it, is to make a research plan related to our Irish roots. The Irish side of my family is one I have not spent much time on lately, due in part to a brick wall with my ggg-grandparents. That being said, I fully accept the challenge to make a plan, and of course, follow through on it in the months to come. So…here’s the plan…

Okay, so my dad wasn’t exactly smiling in this photo. Would you be smiling if you were stuck in a mound of snow? My mom on the other hand was smiling, so much so, that when he asked for help, she ran and got the camera! So why was my dad stuck in this huge pile of snow anyway? Well, the Blizzard of ’79 that hit Northern Illinois is to blame. According to the National Weather Service, over 18 inches of snow blanketed the area in mid-January. According to my […]