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Let me know if you have memories or
information to share about the legendary weekend playgrounds at
Castlewood Missouri (1930s - 1950s).
Family Rivers: the Women. Laying out the photos of my ancestors reminds me how strong the women were.
Famine Refugees. What was life like for people like my Irish ancestors -- refugees from the Great Hunger?
Post-Famine Irish Emigrants. Many of my ancestors came after the famine was over. I've always wondered why...
Leaving Your Country. Where is home, after all? Where you've been? Or where you want to go?
Irish-American Women. From a matriarchal society, they are no princesses.
Women Who Left Ireland. Single women on the go. (Posted 12.10.06)
Irish Dark Side. Irish culture was not always kind to women who didn't toe the line. Reflections on the Irish Magdalene asylums.
Mayo Apparition. We discover Our Lady of Knock and wonder about the rest of the story.
Genealogy Hobby. It's a craze. It's addictive. But is there a dark side?
The Abortionist. Were "back alley abortions" done by defrocked physicians or by well-meaning neighbor ladies?
Family Roots Being Actively Researched
Barrett. With Gardiner. Potato famine refugees. Disciplined and entrepreneurial. Ireland to St Louis to Catawissa Missouri.
Gibbons. Post-famine single woman with an independent streak. Ireland to Chicago Illinois to St Louis Missouri
Dunne. Farmers clever enough to acquire land. Adventurous girls who got themselves to America (and other parts of the world) during the 20th century. Ballyduff Galway Ireland to St Louis Missouri
Flanagan. Out on the edge, proud and willful - with many tragic results. Limerick Ireland to Dublin to Chicago to Edwardsville Illinois to St. Louis Missouri
Keville. Post-famine emigrants; take-charge women. Shrule Mayo Ireland to Chicago to St. Louis Missouri
Nash. Large family and poor. Agricultural laborers and servants. Derbyshire England
Newham. Craftsmen - tailors, good business heads. Northamptonshire to Lincolnshire to Derbyshire England to St Louis Missouri
Price. Craftsmen - carpenters; men who needed women for their success. Mathon Worcestershire England to Derbyshire England to St Louis Missouri
General Resources
Ancestry.com. If you're serious about family history, you gotta pay up. An invaluable resource.
Missouri Resources
Genealogy in St. Louis. Lots and lots of good links.
Records for St. Louis. Good public information sources.
Time Portal to St Louis History. "This website is a mere survey of the amazing history and heritage that exist for St. Louis City and County. The website was put together from material of my personal collection, contributions from private collections and from sources in public domain." Scott K Williams
Illinois Resources
Homicide in Chicago, 1870 - 1930. Where we found my gangster uncle "Muhoney" Flanagan.