When I was unable to sleep (because of the heat?), I got to thinking about how to present all the research I have been doing over the past year/2 decades/since the late 1990s. I have uncovered so many McCrystals (and the derivations of spelling) that I become mind-boggled just keeping the different people straight in my head as well as in the database. I took on of the smaller quantity of a name – Francis. In the various databases I found 8 deaths, 11 births, 12 marriages over the roughly 140 years. Continue reading “Francis McCrystal – Between 1790-1930 in Ireland”
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The genealogical journey – McCrystal/McCristle
When I picked up the threads of all my old research, I had no idea the journey I was embarking on. This has been an incredible 11 months. I had the basic DNA tests done from both My Heritage and Ancestry, became a Green Room member, bought a database program (Family Historian7) that I am happy with, found out that my James, in all likelihood, came from Northern Ireland, not Co. Cork as I believed for 3/4 of my life and so much more. Amazing what, after 20 years of ignoring a subject, can be revealed via the search engines and artificial intelligence if one just asks the right questions. Continue reading “The genealogical journey – McCrystal/McCristle”
Breaking down the brick walls – Where did we come from?
A misconception, call it misinformation:
When you absolutely know your ancestor came from a specific area and time of history, why would you (or in this case, “ME”) look anywhere else even when confronted with conflicting information?
Yep. I was completely wrong! Sadly, I was many miles from my hometown when many of the elders related to my family were talking to strangers researching their book about the Rock Fences of the Bluegrass area of Kentucky. Their reminiscing’s were documented as the absolute truth about where my ancestors came from in Ireland and the stories behind those journeys. Continue reading “Breaking down the brick walls – Where did we come from?”
2026 – a year to travel again?
For the past 7 or 8 months I have been back to digging into my ancestry.
by goodvibrations/Stocksy
I had given this research up in the late 20-aughts because I felt I had fully explored everything available and had reached a dead-end. The proverbial “brick wall”. I was tired of the blood running in my eyes as I battered at the wall and got nowhere. I had been using Family Tree Maker and even that program had been sold so many times and not updated or maintained. All roads pointed to “give it up”. Continue reading “2026 – a year to travel again?”