Connecting & News
I've been telling the story of my 2nd great-grandmother, Mary Jane Sheridan Cassidy, over the past few weeks and had hoped to complete her story this week. However, I was out of town over the weekend happily visiting my daughter, and though I had planned to continue writing while there, that didn't happen. So, I don't have the end of Mary Jane's story this week. I want to give the final chapter the time it deserves, so will work on it this week and have it for you next week. Moral of the Story: Go visit family and connect! Instead, I have some other cool genealogy news and accompanying "morals of the story." First, I was contacted by my 2C1R a few weeks ago. This young man is my son's age and came across my information on Find a Grave for our shared ancestor Catherine Ryan Gilbride (1855-1881). He then found my email and reached out to find out more. Turns out he is very interested in family history and the story of our shared Gilbride family. My dau...
