Are You Intensely Curious?
Are You Intensely Curious?
In genealogy circles, family stories are highly suspect. Some are outright lies. Others are just wishful thinking. But some events started the story, so it is worth investigating every story to see what is behind the story. Where Did the…
On May 17, 1847, young William Michael McGee arrived in New York on the ship Pontiac from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He listed his age as 14 on the ship roster, but if the birth date on his tombstone is correct,…
-After William McGee returned home from duty in the Civil War, he moved his family to High Forest Township, Minnesota, around 1866. High Forest is the township immediately south of Rochester City. In 1883, John Carney McGee and two of…
The Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cando, North Dakota, holds the graves of my great-great-grandparents, William Michael McGee and Isabel/Isabella Carney. In 2008, my 3rd cousin, Rita Matejka, went to Cando and cleaned up the gravestones and chopped away at the…