amazing, isn't it? When I was researching my Howard family history,
I found out all kinds of stuff even though my grandfather died 6 months
before I was born. Over 50 yrs after his death, and with my Dad, Aunt, and
Uncle now gone - who could imagine that I'd discover so much?
Right after my Aunt died, I got an avalanche of "Howard info" (I swear
they're "busy" up there!). I found out that my great great grandfather
was Denis Howard b1799 in Co Clare and my great grandparents
were Patrick Howard & Catherine McCaull.
Surfing around on the web, I found a site that had alot of info about
the village of Tubber (where my Grandfather was born). I sent an email
to the site's creator Dr Casey in Switzerland. I guess he almost fell off
his chair when he got it, because he'd been looking for my grandfather
and his descendents for some time. He emailed me back & said: "Mary Ann,
you are my cousin! Your great grandfather Patrick and my great grandmother
Honor were brother & sister!".
We were off to the races after that & began addressing each other as "Holmes"
and "Watson". He was also looking for his great Uncle Willliam and knew only
that he'd come to the states. I happened to mention this to my Dad's
first cousin, who said: "Your grandfather & my father used to take us to
visit a Mr Casey in Watertown". I figured this was a long shot because there
had to be a million Caseys, but then I thought: "My grandfather had NO time
for socializing, so if he was visiting someone, they HAD to be a relation." BINGO!
It was THE Mr. Casey, my grandpa's 1st cousin. I managed to track down his
descendents & take all the first cousins out to lunch (they hadn't seen each other since
the 1930s).
So it just shows you what can come from even tiny threads of info and looking at things from
different angles.
yeah Marion, I'd be interested in getting some photos touched up. You probably
have MORE than enough stuff to do without tinkering around with my
photos though!
m2