Or, Subtitled: Gossamer Web of Connections Back from USA to Ireland Centuries in the Past I’ve been “away” from this blog for a number of reasons, and am sorry for my absence. One reason for it is that I’ve been busy planning a trip to Ireland that will include research in the archives of County … More Dennis Linchy/Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700 – August 1762): The Irish Connection
Or, Subtitled: In the Absence of Records Necessary to Prove Genealogical Connections, One Goes A-Fishing In a previous posting, I explained my reasons for concluding that my ancestor Bridget Tobin, who was born in 1818 in County Kilkenny, Ireland, and who married Valentine Ryan, son of John Ryan and Margaret Oates, in Kilmacow parish on … More Bridget Tobin Ryan (1818-1873) of Co. Kilkenny, Ireland: Records Possibly Pointing to Her Family Members
Or, Subtitled: The Challenge of Teasing Genealogical Clues from Sparse Early 19th-Century Irish Catholic Records I’ve told you that I have not been able to find information about the family of my 2nd-great-grandmother Bridget Ryan, who married Valentine Ryan in Kilmacow Catholic parish, County Kilkenny, Ireland, on 21 September 1836 with Edmond Hayden and Margaret Fitzgerald … More Family of Valentine Ryan and Bridget Tobin of County Kilkenny, Ireland, and Grant County, Arkansas: New Information (2)
Or, Subtitled: Things Are Seldom Quite as Simple as One Would Like in Genealogical Research, Are They? Throwback Thursday they call it, right? This posting is a throwback to a series of posts I did in April 2018, which began with this posting entitled “In Memory of Valentine Ryan, Born in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, Feb. 23, 1810, … More Family of Valentine Ryan and Bridget Tobin of County Kilkenny, Ireland, and Grant County, Arkansas: New Information
Or, Subtitled: Strother Ties and Bristol Ties Everywhere You Turn The Indentured Servant Years As we’ve seen, Dennis Linchey/Lindsey, the Irish servant indentured in Richmond County, Virginia, on 1 June 1718 whom we’re now tracking, would likely have been born around 1700 — or perhaps a bit before or after that date. We noted that … More Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762): The Indentured Servant Years
Or, Subtitled: How DNA Findings Can Upend All You Thought You Knew about Your Family I want to return now to a topic I introduced in May 2018 (and here): the descent of my Lindsey family, classified as group 10 in the International Lindsay Surname Project, from an Irish indentured servant named Dennis Linchey, who … More Dennis Linchey/Lindsey (abt. 1700-1762): Do DNA Work and Prepare for Surprises
BEGATS AND BEQUEATHALS 