Corel Cousins

Over the weekend I decided to take a different look at the website here, and Ancestry.com.  I was disappointed to see that unless you pay to join Ancestry.com, you cannot see all of the stuff that I am referencing as I am documenting my research!
After weighing the options on how to resolve this issue, I [...]

I’m still struggling with those darn McGhee/McGee ancestors of mine!
In doing the regular census search for James Joseph McGhee, I have found a James McGhee and a Thomas McGhee in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania in 1820.  The funny thing is, this is not my James or Thomas McGhee.  This James is shown with three males [...]

For today’s Madness Monday I have decided to not search for an individual or a family, but see if any of my fellow genealogists can help me figure out a bit of a mystery! Before I have even wrapped things up here, I think I have solved my own mystery!
I have a brief manuscript written [...]

This past week I have been working on the last family to marry the children of William and Rebecca Oney Corel, the McGhee/McGee family.  The father of the three children who married three Corel siblings was James Joseph McGhee, born October 28, 1796 in Treanamullin, Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland to Margaret Stewart and Thomas M’Ghee.  [...]

A new meme has started for the GeneaBloggers (genealogy bloggers) that is called Madness Monday.  Madness  Monday is the brilliant idea of Amy Crooks of Untangled Family Roots to blog about our elusive brick walls.
This would not necessarily be my first choice for my first brick wall to blog about, but the timing is [...]