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While researching our family trees, you never know what shakes out. One thing is for sure, it's almost always fun!
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Celtic & Cannoli An Irish & Italian marraige, researching one great family

English - Irish, Italian, Family
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Celtic & Cannoli · 2Y ago

The Quiet Man

In 1952, ten years before my birth, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara starred in one of John Ford's greatest films, "The Quiet Man".  In it, Wayne plays Sean Thornton, and Irish born-American ra...
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

To the West Virginia Coal Miners, Our Hearts to You

In Montcoal, West Virginia on the day after Easter Sunday, 5 April 2010 which is also known as Angel's Monday in Italy, a terrible explosion ripped through a coal mine and killed what would ...
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

Not Just Ancestors; My Own Disappearance

Please accept my apologies for being away.  My own disability has interfered with my research and my writing.  In fact, it has interfered so much so, I will be having surgery on 26 Mar 2010....
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

Family Veteran Count

I know our family can go back as far as the Spanish-American War, one not taught in school anymore.  My great-grandfather Bernard Grogan fought for the US, in both the Navy and Army before h...
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

How Hard IS a Hard Candy?

Since I was rather serious in my last posting, one I usually save for my www.blessingsinpain.com for certain moments, I thought I would go ahead with a lighthearted story from the family tim...
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

The Basic Question: Why is Family History Important?

Did you know that if you put Genealogy into Google, you get 61,700,000 pages, and it' the fastest growing hobby in North America today?  About 60% of Americans are interested about their own...
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

A Quiet Hero

In 1942, a quiet man, a devoted husband, a father of two, and a supervisor who was keeping the New York City Transit (Subway) System moving along well, registered for World War II.  He was 4...
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

Teresa Rosa or Rosa Teresa

One of my most favorite people in all the world was my wife's maternal grandmother, Nona (Naw-nah).  Now there is a very good chance that you know her.  Well, maybe not my Nona, but if you'r...
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

Breakup? The Spirit had Other Ideas!

Before Stefanie and I had ever met, we shared quite a lot in common. She was a Bronx, Italian, Catholic girl who moved up into Westchester County with her family. For my part, I was bred a...
Celtic & Cannoli · 3Y ago

The Woman of His Dreams, Jack & Edie

After six months of dating Edith H. Grogan, Jack Coll knew he wanted to marry this most incredible woman. She on the other hand said, "No". She was a tad concerned about what people would sa...
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