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Kid Hugo, Captain McCauley, and Coney Island
On January 19, 2024 by benkealyIt’s fascinating to get into the names, dates, and places of genealogical research but behind every name, there are countless stories about that person, their family, their time, and the place that are lost forever. So any story, no matter how tangential, can offer an interesting insight into their time and place. I’ve found a
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Grandpa Charlemagne
On February 18, 2021 by benkealyMy New France breakthrough in my genealogy research got me back to Europe in a new way. Most of my family lines dead end in Ireland 3-4 generations back. Another couple of family lines dead end in Germany in the same range. But the New France family lines were several generations deeper in history than
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New French
On July 17, 2020 by benkealyThe most important breakthrough I’ve made in my genealogical research was one I made in the last 5 years. One of the dead-ends I still had in my grandmother’s research was Marie Antoinette (Dorlaque) Grote who was born in Missouri in 1819. The decidedly French name and the fact she was so far west for
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Kealy name and a Dead End
On June 19, 2010 by benkealyI hear from Kealys around the world and the questions are all about the name itself or about someone’s particular family tree. I recently had a nice exchange with Philip Kealy, a Kealy from the old country. Philip signed the guestbook on Kealy.com to confirm the Gaelic spelling of Kealy as ‘O’Cadhla’ saying, “I was
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Basil Kealey’s Journey in Genealogy
On June 19, 2009 by benkealy“As we were flying at 32000 feet from Toronto,Ontario,Canada, I could not help but wonder about the lives of our forefathers who left Ireland in the first quarter of the nineteenth century under very difficult times and circumstances what with famine, religious persecution,the fight for independence and the like. My sister Marilyn and I were