This beautiful portrait of one of my Szczerba cousins from Poland has absolutely no clues as to her identity. That's the way with many of my Polish grandparent's photographs. This young girl could have been their niece, but she could also have been a great-niece. I've always loved this picture because the girl has an … Continue reading Friday’s Faces From the Past – Portraits from Poland
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Family Friends Friday – Lillian Flaherty Bannon (1895-1976)
There is a new blogging prompt at GeneaBloggers called, Family Friends Friday, and I think it is a perfect way to add those extra stories to genealogy. These are the folks that were considered family, and invited to every family function. They were the elders that we used to call auntie or uncle, because they … Continue reading Family Friends Friday – Lillian Flaherty Bannon (1895-1976)
Surname Saturday – Hall Family of Northern Ireland
This week's Irish surname Saturday posting takes a look at my Hall family from West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The inside of the St. Peter's Roman Catholic Cathedral is shown above in a photo I took of the Baptismal font, looking towards the main altar. All of the children of my great-great grandparents, William … Continue reading Surname Saturday – Hall Family of Northern Ireland