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Clipart Library It's really exciting to come across a new resource that brings an ancestor's story to life. It could be an historical map, a dictionary full of unfamiliar words and archaic terms, or a cemetery database. As I've researched Mary Jane Sheridan over the past few months, I've discovered several such resources that have made understanding her life and the records she left behind easier. As her residence changed over the course of her life, I've focused on not one, but five different localities. And I have found some wonderful resources that I'd like to share here so that other family researchers can benefit from them. Here are some of my favorites and how I used them: BUFFALO, AND ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK Map of the city of Buffalo, N.Y.  ( https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/30004/rec/2 ) This 1856 map was really helpful to me in locating Catholic churches in the neighborhood where the Sheridan family lived and might hold their s...
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An Irish Perspective on Scranton


You may have heard that President Joe Biden traveled to his ancestral homeland in County Mayo, Ireland back in April. President Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, also the birthplace of several of our Gilbride and McAndrew family lines, who likely also trace their roots back to County Mayo. At least one ancestor, my great-great grandmother Ann Kelly McAndrew, reportedly was born in County Mayo, though her exact birthplace is yet to be discovered.1

While in Ireland, President Biden visited the North Mayo Heritage Centre, dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich heritage of the region. The Centre's April 16, 2023 publication—Mayo Heritage Newsletter—profiled Scranton and its links to Mayo, in honor of President's visit.2 

I asked Centre staff for permission to include this article here, as it is interesting to see Scranton through Irish eyes. Many thanks to the North Mayo Heritage Centre staff for allowing me to reprint their newsletter article. 

If you prefer to read the article in PDF form, click here and download "Newsletter 16/04/23." Find an archive of past newsletters at the same webpage.

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NOTES

All links accessed 16 May 2023.

1 State of Ohio, Department of Health, Certificate of Death 68240, Ann McAndrew, 16 December 1925; database and images, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PKD-RJM : 16 May 2023); citing County Courthouse, Cleveland.

2 "Scranton," Mayo Heritage Newsletter, Vol. IV, #16, 16 April 2023; digital image, North Mayo Heritage Centre (https://www.northmayogenealogy.com/latest). Images used with permission.

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