Genealogy – (Family research) can be fun & interesting – when you have the time. it involves a lot of research; fact-checking; detective work.
Not sure what it all means- but is nice to know that you are a descendant from a long line of different people.
In my case, my original ancestors to
They then settled in St. Columban about 40 miles N/W of
They had four children – Andrew; Mary; Elizabeth & Judith.
- Andrew, my own great-grandfather remained in
- Mary married James Madden and eventually moved to
(The other two sisters – Elizabeth who married Mathew Power; and, Judith who married Patrick Ryan are lost in my records – But, It now seems that
both may have also moved to
Recently some of the descendants from the marriage of Mary Keyes and James Madden have contacted me and sent some photos – that I find kind of neat.
Mary Keyes & James Madden
