May 25, 2008
Marion Dedera Casey (1913/Chicago, IL - 2008/Newport Beach, CA)
Today is my grandmother's birthday. She would have been 95 years old, but sadly did not reach that milestone having passed away two months ago. She was the oldest of five children of Victor and Rose Dedera, and is survived...Link | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
December 31, 2007
In the Baggage Coach Ahead
One of the pleasures of researching family history, is stumbling across a good story. Sometimes they are love stories, or war stories, or funny stories. But recently I came across a poignent tragedy, a real tear-jerker. In the last couple...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
April 7, 2007
Ireland: Day 6 - Murroe, Limerick, Annagh, Newport
When my GG Grandfather Michael Casey was born in 1850, his father Michael was a tenant farmer working land rented from the Barrington Estate. About 70 years later, after their only daughter was killed in an IRA ambush, the Barrington's...Link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
April 3, 2007
Ireland: Day 2 - Dublin
Family Hunting and Souvenir Shopping was the program for the day. I had thought I would allow myself just a couple of hours this morning at Ireland's National Library to see what I might find out about my Casey ancestors,...Link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
May 18, 2006
Find-A-Grave
For me, one of the most satisfying parts of my hobby of exploring family history is finding and visiting the burial sites of my relatives. And I have a growing album of photos from such visits. While these visits sometimes...Link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
April 30, 2006
Where Victor Met Rose
Ninety-five years ago, in 1910, seven of the eight individuals who would eventually become my Great Grandparents were living in Chicago. The eighth, arrived in 1911. I'm going to attempt to write about their lives and circumstances at the time,...Link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
February 17, 2006
Joseph Casey (1916 - 2006)
Tonight my Casey searching took me to Genealogy.com's Casey Family Genealogy Forum, looking to see if they offered a news feed so that I could pull entries into my Casey Surname DNA Project site. The first entry caught my eye,...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
May 30, 2005
Neighbors from WAY Back
Two weeks ago I received the sort of email that can make any genealogist's day. It read: Hello - In researching my Guinane family, I came across your Casey information. My gr-gr-grandfather's brother Thomas Guinane married Bridget O'Casey in Annagh,...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
May 25, 2005
Families of County Limerick Ireland
Recently while stumbling around Amazon.com, I happened onto a book I knew I had to buy, Families of County Limerick Ireland, Volume 5 of the Book of Irish Families, great & small. The title page describes the book as...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
April 16, 2005
The Pullman Case
width="120" height="240" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" align="right"> When I discovered that my Great Great Uncle Edward Casey worked for the Pullman Company in Chicago for 42 years I became interested in learning more about life working for Pullman, living...Link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
March 26, 2005
Family Tree DNA
Yesterday my family tree research went hi-tech. Like every CSI on TV does to every suspect on the show, I swabbed the inside of my cheek to collect a DNA sample. Not to prove my complicity in any crime scenes...Link | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
March 23, 2005
Finding Edward Casey (1865/Limerick, IRE - 1928/Chicago, IL)
For the last few months, my family tree search has gone out on horizontal branches, rather that back up the tree, as I have worked to learn what I can about all of my GG Grandfather Michael Casey's siblings....Link | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
March 17, 2005
Patrick Casey (1848/Limerick, IRE - 1910/Chicago, IL)
Happy St. Patrick's Day! In honor of the day, and the name, I'll focus today on my relative, Patrick Casey. Patrick Casey is my Great Great Great Uncle. Or more clearly put, the older brother to my Great Great...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
February 26, 2005
The Casey Guestbook
Quite a few people find their way to this web site because their name is Casey. Sometimes it's their first name, other times their last. To all of you I would like to extend a warm welcome, and an invitation...Link | Comments (648) | TrackBack (0)
December 28, 2004
Chicago People Watching - 1895
From 1893-1900 a column ran in the Chicago Record under an anonymous byline that was titled 'Stories of the Streets and of the Town'. I picked up the volume on a recent visit to Chicago as the ideal item to...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
December 23, 2004
Bitten in the Line of Duty
The first item that must be shared from the memory suitcase I've just brought home from Chicago is this newspaper clipping which should serve as a reminder that we can't fight, or bite, the law. I had heard this story...Link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Family Time Capsule
I'm home tonight after a two day trip to Chicago to attend my grandfather's funeral. It was really great to be there, to remember him, and to share memories with his large extended family, many of whom I was meeting...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
December 18, 2004
John Francis Casey (1912/Chicago, IL - 2004/Cortland, IL)
My grandfather, John Francis Casey, passed away this morning. He was 92 years old. 92 years 157 days to be as precise as my genealogy program allows. I only had infrequent contact with him growing up (my grandparents divorced when...Link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
November 17, 2004
Adam Geldmacher (1839/Germany - 1912 Farmdale, IL)
Adam Geldmacher Name: Adam GELDMACHER Birth: 24 Nov 1839 Schwarzbach Kur Hessen, Germany 1 Death: 14 Dec 1912 Farmdale, Tazewell Co, IL Burial: Farmdale Cemetery, Tazewell Co, IL 2 Occupation: Farmer 3 Father: GELDMACHER Mother: UNNAMED...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
November 16, 2004
Family Hunting: Three Levels of Info
For almost two years now I have been bitten with the Genealogy bug in a very big way. It started innocently enough, when after dinner on a Sunday night my son Will announced he had homework yet to do before...Link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
October 26, 2004
Martin Slovacek (1882/Polesovice, Moravia - 1953/Berwyn, IL)
Martin Slovacek Name: Martin Leopold SLOVACEK Sr. Birth: Feb 1882 Polesovice, Moravia Death: Dec 1953 Berwyn, IL Burial: 7 Dec 1953 Bohemian National Cemetary, Chicago, IL 1 Occupation: Carpenter Father: John SLOVACEK Mother: Marie MELICHARKOVY...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
October 24, 2004
Michael Casey (1850/Limerick, IRE - 1898/Chicago, IL)
Michael Casey Name: Michael CASEY Birth: 1850 Annagh, Parish Murroe, Co. Limerick, Ire 1,2,3,4,5 Death: 19 Jun 1898 Chicago, IL6,7 Burial: 21 Jun 1898 Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, IL6 Occupation: Porter, Teamster3 Father: Michael CASEY (ca1816-1882) Mother: Margaret RYAN...Link | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
The Blog Family Tree
OK, so here's my thought. I'm going to dedicate a category in my blog to my family tree. With individual entries for different members of my family, I'll use my blog both as a means to keep online notes for...
October 22, 2004