Marathon, New York c1900 photos
Tracing my family's history has been very interesting, to say the least. I knew almost nothing beyond my grandparents when I started...
The life of Robert J. Leonard
Robert Leonard was a son of Albert Jay and Rose Ellen (Hollenbeck) Leonard. Albert and Rose were married in Willet, Cortland County, New...
Smith and Jones and Brown
Are you a living sample of Brown and Jones and Smith?
The Turner-McGinnis Connections
While researching the McGinnis family of Cortland County, New York, the name Turner is frequently seen. It can be very confusing, which...
McGinnis connections in Eglinton, County Derry, Northern Ireland
In my previous blog, I shared two newspaper abstracts possibly connecting my ancestor, William McGinnis, to Eglington, Derry Co.,...
Nicholas Smith's oath of allegiance
Nicholas Smith, my 4th great-grandfather, who arrived in America between 1840 and 1851 from Ireland, as explained in my previous post....
