Carney Family Reunion
The Carney family immigrated from Ireland. Either they didn’t all come together, or they didn’t keep track of dates very well. The 1900 census is the first time people were asked to report the year they went to the US.…
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What about those Callaghan/Callahan Siblings?
Sometimes it helps to keep asking questions about family puzzles. Sometimes it helps to just be lucky. And other times, it takes having knowledgeable strangers just knowing where to look for answers. This time it took all of the above.…
Fish in Nebraska
Researching our family is always tricky for a couple of reasons -1) They continuously move and have for hundreds of years, and 2) they re-use first names to a ridiculous degree. And then we have the Fish and Work problem.…
Homestead National Monument & Homestead ACT of 1862
In Beatrice, Nebraska, the National Parks Service has a National Monument dedicated to the Homestead Act of 1862. The Homestead Act was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, after 11 states had seceded from the Union. Passing…