Comments on: Busting the Family Tree Brick Wall – Listen to those Rumors! http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/ Exploring New England As It Was Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Forgotten New England http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-99 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:52:43 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-99 Thanks for stopping by and for your comment. Good luck with your brick wall. 1819 – That’s an early emigrant!

]]> By: Geolover http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-95 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:01:51 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-95 Ah, thanks for this account of following your twisty trail :D You give me hope that locating the Irish origin of my John Taylor, 1819 emigrant to New Brunswick, is not impossible.

]]> By: Genea-Musings: Best of the Genea-Blogs – 20 to 26 November 2011 | The Genealogy http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-94 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:15:10 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-94 [...] Busting the Family Tree Brick Wall – Listen to those Rumors! by Ryan Owen on the Forgotten New England blog.  Ryan shares a fascinating research trail from his [...]

]]> By: Forgotten New England http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-83 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:18:09 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-83 Thanks for the comment, Sue. Those brick walls have a way of crumbling (or vanishing into thin air!) at the most unpredictable times. Finding death dates for female relatives of the era of your great-grandmother is tough. If she’s in the US, she most likely missed the SSDI. You might run across her obituary if you run a search on her name at a site like newspaperarchives.com. Good luck!

]]> By: Forgotten New England http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-82 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:12:41 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-82 Hi Amanda – there does seem to be a string of ‘controversial’ marriages in our Owen family. I would imagine that William’s marriage to Bridget Burns might have been even more controversial given that she was wheelchair-bound at the time they met and living in Montreal with no family other than a few cousins. As far as I can tell, her parents and siblings never left Co. Limerick.

]]> By: sue pittman mcpeak http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-81 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:44:15 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-81 I came to say a quick Hello and congratulate you on your Interview with Gini on Genablogger, and then I got caught up in your very informative Brick Wall post . My goodness, but you are a diligent detective and put everything together in a great timeline and easy to follow way. I too, watched Rosie’s fasinating journey, and although I have not ventured outside of the USA for ancestorial information, I know that one day I might. Right now, my Brick Wall is my Great Grandmother, who I have more information and photos of than any other ancestors of her era. Except her date of death, where she is buried and what happened to her after 1954 still eludes me. I will find her…at the most unexpected time and place. Thanks for a great read!

Oh! and congratualtions on your Interview and a wonderful Blog!

]]> By: Amanda Owen http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-80 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:34:50 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-80 My dad, whose family became Catholic a generation after yours in Montreal, has a theory that the Owen men tended to find the “right” religion at the time depending on who the “right” girl was ;)
good post
cousin Amanda

]]> By: Forgotten New England http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-77 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:29:53 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-77 Hi Heather – thanks for your note. The Geneabloggers site has been wonderful in helping me get the word out about the blog. (Developing a readership is one of a new blog’s greatest challenges, I’ve learned.) It’s good to know that readers are enjoying the posts. To this point, I’ve been focusing on the Merrimack Valley and Boston, but I’m hoping to get a couple more NH-related posts up soon.

]]> By: Heather Wilkinson Rojo http://forgottennewengland.com/2011/11/20/busting-the-family-tree-brick-wall-listen-to-those-rumors/#comment-75 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:15:15 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=619#comment-75 Just to let you know that I’m a fan from up Mammoth Road in Londonderry. I’ve enjoyed your blog for a while now, and also enjoyed your “interview” on Geneabloggers with Gini Webb.

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