Picture ID: Maude Genevieve Pope & Others
The following picture was taken of my great-aunt, Maude Genevieve (Pope) Miller, probably in the early 1920’s. There are two other young ladies in the picture who I’d like to identify.
Author: John W. Keating III
I've been slowly but steadily working on my family history for over twenty years. Given my surname, my original focus was on my Keating family, but I've also developed, with the help of many others, information on other lines as well, including Migan, Pope, Hobbs, etc.
I've also begun work on my wife's family lines, Shroyer, Hammonds, Wright, and Pape.
Migans at Old Holy Family Cemetery
While I’m on the subject of Migans and Old Holy Family, here are the pictures of the gravestones of some Migan family members buried at Old Holy Family Cemetery in Baltimore County.
Migan Church Records – Baptismal Records
In addition to the Death Records that Pam acquired from Holy Family, she was also able to obtain the following baptismal records (slightly redacted to remove one individual who is still amongst the living…).
Migan Church Records – Death Records
Pam, researching the family of Leo Migan, has been in touch with Holy Family Church in Randallstown. They provided her with the following information from their Death Register book…
The Costs of Genealogy
I’ve not done much genealogy work lately, family, work, and vacation have been taking up too much time. However, I did get my yearly bill for my subscription to Ancestry.com
More on Leo and John’s Cruise
A bit more information on Leo and John’s cruise…
Keating’s Balsam of Horehound
Found the following snake oil advertisement while browsing the Library of Congress’s records. Keating’s Balsam of Horehound. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2001701417/>. (Edited on 24 July 2020 to resolve missing image, add citation, and update formatting.)
A Day at the Races
My Aunt sent me a picture of (from left to right, my great-uncle Vernon T. Migan, my great-great-grandmother, Mary Gertrude (Greenwalt) Migan, and my great-great-grandfather, John Thomas Migan. However, I’m not sure exactly when and where the image was taken. Read More …
Leo Dowling Migan’s Cruise to Europe
I’ve occasionally been in communication with the daughter-in-law of one of Great-Uncle Leo’s wives. Unfortunately, no one in my immediate family knows much about Uncle Leo’s two families, so she and I have been trying to puzzle his history out Read More …
John Cardinal Releases Second Site 2.0
John Cardinal released Second Site (SS) 2.0 tonight, the latest incarnation of his web site generator for TMG. I’ve downloaded it and have been playing with it most of the evening, although I don’t have a new page worth showing Read More …
Who are my great-great-grandparents?
I’ve long believed that the parents of my great-grandfather, John Thomas Migan, were John J. Migan and Catherine Kelly. However, I’ve lately come upon a source that throws some question on John Thomas’s parentage.
Obituary – Marguerite E. (Youngerman) Keating (1917 – 2002)
MARGUERITE E KEATING 20021011 MARGUERITE E KEATING FROSTBURG — Marguerite E. Keating, 85, of 11 W. Main St., Frostburg, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born Sept. 29, 1917, in Frostburg, she was the daughter of the Read More …
Obituary – Joseph John Keating (1912 – 2001)
JOSEPH J KEATING 20010118 JOSEPH J KEATING FROSTBURG — Joseph John Keating, 88, of Frostburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, at his residence. Born Dec. 5, 1912, in Frostburg, he was the son of the late John W. and Mary Read More …
Keatings of Carrick on Suir
Dairin Keating wrote on the old incarnation of the site: Hi there, My nan and grandad left Ireland for England in 40’s to 50’s. As far as I can understand they lived in Carrick on Suir and may have owned/run Read More …
Last Resting Place of Geoffrey Keating
Chris Mooney wrote on an earlier incarnation of this site: Signs are that the final resting place of Ireland’s most famous Keating, the 17th century historian and author of FORAS FEASA AR ÉIRINN [the history of Ireland] Dr Geoffrey Keating, Read More …
Obituary – Mary Elizabeth Keating Hanks (1930 – 2004)
Mary Elizabeth Keating Hanks, 74 Mary Elizabeth Keating Hanks, 74, of Hollywood, MD died on Friday June 25, 2004 at her residence. Born on January 13, 1930 in Porte Aux Prince, Haiti, she was the daughter of the late Edmund Read More …
Obituary – Joseph Michael Keating (1937 – 2006)
Joseph Michael Keating, 69, of Nanticoke, formerly of Larksville and Plymouth, passed away Saturday. Born on July 13, 1937, he was a son of the late John Paul and Catherine Farrell Keating. He graduated from Larksville High School in 1955, Read More …
Obituary – John Joseph Keating (c.1915 – 2006)
John Keating EDGEWATER – John Joseph Keating, 91, of Third Street, a superintendent with the New York Central Railroad, died Friday at the home of his daughter in Clearwater. Mr. Keating, a native Weehawken, N.J., came to this area in Read More …
Obituary – James F. Keating (c.1924 – 2006)
James F. Keating, 82, of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 in the VNA of St. Lukes Hospice. He was the husband of Frances R. (Dugas) Keating. They were married 57 years. He was a retired city of Bethlehem police Read More …
Obituary – James F. Keating (c.1924 – 2006)
James F. Keating, 82, of Bethlehem, died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 in the VNA of St. Luke’s Hospice House. Born: In Bethlehem, he was a son of the late Frank and Elizabeth Murphy Keating. Personal: He and his wife, the Read More …