I've really been enjoying my recent subscription to a newspaper archive. While searching the New Jersey newspapers for any articles about our Doran Clan, I came across this one below. I realized instantly that it pertained to our family, because of the Rafferty and Doran surnames, and the location of East Newark, New Jersey. That … Continue reading Discovering Our Family Through Newspapers – 1934
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Polish mtDNA Line of Genevieve and Mary Mirota
This lovely picture of sisters, Genevieve and Mary Mirota, was taken on Mother's Day in 1934. Later that summer in August, Genevieve married Ted Lubas. Their dresses are so pretty and very similar so that I wonder if they sewed them. Both sisters were excellent seamstresses. Gen was born in 1909 and Mary in 1913, … Continue reading Polish mtDNA Line of Genevieve and Mary Mirota
Bridget Buckley Mahoney’s Death Record – 1895
Yesterday I received Bridget Mahoney's death record from the New Jersey Archives. I'm feeling very positive that she could be my 2nd great-grandmother, since her maiden name was listed as Buckley. She died relatively young at age 63 from pneumonia. She would have been born in the right time frame to have had sons, John … Continue reading Bridget Buckley Mahoney’s Death Record – 1895