Posted in Words of Wisdom on December 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This delightful Scottish New Year greeting was published by the Scots Language Center:
A guid New Year tae ane and a’,
An mony may ye see!
An durin aw the years tae come,
O happy may ye be!
An may ye ne’er hae cause tae murn,
Tae sigh or shed a tear!
Tae ane and a’, baith great and sma,
A hertie, Guid [...]
Posted in Daly, Marriages on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good evening,
Ancestry recently posted some marriage records from Delaware and three of them are descendants of our ancestor Captain Alexander Daly. Daly names names in the index include Alexander Malcolm Daly, Clara C. Daly and Marietta Alberta Daly. It’s fun to see the old ledgers, but they’re pretty well unreadable for a post [...]
Posted in Carnival of Genealogy on December 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s that time again. What to resolve this year? There are so many possibilities that I hardly know where to start, but you have to start somewhere, so here goes, one step (er, resolution) at a time:
1. First resolution is to organize and digitize all those hundreds of photos tucked here and [...]
Posted in The Four Dog Blog, links on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello Everyone:
I just launched a new blog called “The Four Dog Blog” dedicated to our three canines and one feline who thinks he’s a canine! I’ll be featuring adventures with “the furry kids” as well as articles about what we’ve learned about dogs since having these three, and some articles from other dog owners.
The [...]
Posted in Carnival of Genealogy on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Genea-Santa,
How can I wish for just three things? There are so many items my ancestors could give me…. sigh…. OK, I’ll stick to three.
Number one:
I’d love to have a photograph album from my Great-grandmother Bridget (Hogan) Shane. Does one exist? Probably not any more but I bet at one time [...]
