Margaret Doran Sikora (1921-1967) was my beloved beautiful god-mother. Photo taken about 1943, Coney Island, New York. Wordless Wednesday is a blogging prompt suggested by GeneaBloggers. "To participate in Wordless Wednesday simply create a post with the main focus being a photograph or image." Thanks, GeneaBloggers, for your continual inspiration!
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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