lauren grier
you're like stars
I had posted a while back about poking around on ancestry.com to try and find some info about my family - specifically about my great grandfather. We never got really far, a lot of dead ends and general confusion. Nellahbean found a marriage record for me which was totally awesome ! ( ps she rocks) but past that the trail on him went cold.
About a month ago I received a message from a woman on ancestry. She is my moms.. 2nd? Cousin! She's the granddaughter of the sister of my great grandmother who was briefly married to the great grandfather I've been trying to find more information on ( woah. That was confusing. I don't know how to rephrase that lol. ) those two sisters are the ones that came from Ireland together so I was excited! If someone knew about this man it might be that branch of our family.
Alas.. She didn't know much- just the sketchy info we already knew. Though she is going to speak to her aunt soon to try to see if she remembers anything.
This morning She sent me a bunch of pictures she had - including one of my (great)nana, (great) uncle and grandpa when they were younger that I had never seen! As well as some of our family from Ireland. So. Cool.
There have been so many secrets (and half truths) with our family that it is really awesome to find someone that our history is connected to! She seems really excited and genuine. I can't wait to see if her aunt has any other info!
About a month ago I received a message from a woman on ancestry. She is my moms.. 2nd? Cousin! She's the granddaughter of the sister of my great grandmother who was briefly married to the great grandfather I've been trying to find more information on ( woah. That was confusing. I don't know how to rephrase that lol. ) those two sisters are the ones that came from Ireland together so I was excited! If someone knew about this man it might be that branch of our family.
Alas.. She didn't know much- just the sketchy info we already knew. Though she is going to speak to her aunt soon to try to see if she remembers anything.
This morning She sent me a bunch of pictures she had - including one of my (great)nana, (great) uncle and grandpa when they were younger that I had never seen! As well as some of our family from Ireland. So. Cool.
There have been so many secrets (and half truths) with our family that it is really awesome to find someone that our history is connected to! She seems really excited and genuine. I can't wait to see if her aunt has any other info!
