The Keating Family Immigrates to America
I think I’ve discovered my family’s new motto. Read More …
Category: Geography
The Sand Patch Tunnel
“The following year, my father and his brother Patrick began to take contracts all up through Pa., Va., and West Va., and began to build the railroads to open up the three states. It took years to finish them. It Read More …
Baldwinstown Castle
My cousin’s family recently visited Ireland and snapped some pictures of Baldwinstown Castle, a historical home of the Keating family. Â Robert Keating has some additional photos of his visit to Ireland back in 1995, as well as additional history, Read More …
Geography – Keatings Lagoon, Australia
In the northeast corner of Australia lies Keating’s Lagoon. The lagoon is about 5km (3 miles) from Cooktown and is designated a tropical wetland. Graham Keating writes that it is named after a Keating family who settled in the area. Read More …
Geography – Keating, Pennsylvania, USA
Stephen F. Miller Jr. has created a very nice site with information on the counties and cities of North Central Pennsylvania. Of particular interest to our researchers are Keating and Keating Summit. According to reader Lori Chase, During the border Read More …
Geography – Keatings Corner, Canada
Reader David Hollek wrote, there is a “Keatings Corner” and “Keatings Corner Cemetery” in Westfield Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick. The McGovern family married Keatings and are buried there. David also mentions that he is married to a McGovern. Much Read More …
Geography – Keating Park, Dublin, Ireland
Between Dublin and Naas, Co. Kildare, near the town of Rathcoole, sits the townsland (an unincorporated area) known as Keatings Park. Seamus Keating wrote of Keating’s Park: I remember once my father told me that it was probably named after Read More …