An ongoing journal of genealogical and family discovery.
“You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?” Charlie Kaufman In Conclusion As much as I’d like to, I haven’t gotten as much real genealogical utility as I’d have liked to from the tests Read More …
“Human DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software we’ve ever created.” Bill Gates mtDNA Haplogroups In addition to the paternal Y-DNA haplogroup, 23andMe also analyzed and reported my maternal mtDNA haplogroup. Unlike the Read More …
“DNA, you know, is Midas’ gold. Everyone who touches it goes mad.” Maurice Wilkins, co-recipient of 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Y-DNA Haplogroups One of the primary reasons I took the 23andMe test was because it offered haplogroup Read More …
“DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.“ Richard Dawkins Time for a DNA update, along with my current thoughts on DNA and whether it is helping me study my family’s genealogy. This has Read More …
Sometimes, years after doing your family research, you come across a newspaper article that you had never seen before. An article that raises as many questions as it answers. This is one of those articles.
I’ve often bemoaned the loss of the 1890 US Census. Many of my early brick walls would have been easily knocked over if that census had still existed. So what happened to it? YouTuber “The History Guy” has a good Read More …
I’ve been combing through Pittsburgh newspapers attempting to find more information on my great-great-granduncle, Simon Keating and his wife. While I don’t know if the man in these articles is my Simon, it is still an interesting story. I wonder Read More …
This is a typewritten transcript of a letter described as a “Letter from Aunt Agnes to Uncle Jerry Counihan dated August 15, 1948. (As placed in HTML format by John W. Keating, III on 8/16/1996.) The transcription of this letter was Read More …
I mentioned in a previous post that I received an AncestryDNA kit for Christmas this past year. The kit was relatively simple to use, just spit in a small tube up to the level of a line, then mix with Read More …
I think I’ve discovered my family’s new motto. Read More …
As a Christmas gift, my wife bought me both an updated subscription to Ancestry.com as well as an AncestryDNA kit. This has prompted me to renew my interest in genealogy, and as a pleasant side-effect, do some long-needed maintenance to Read More …
Mark Stanley Keating, MD was born on 14 January 1954 in Gordo, Alabama. He died 28 February 2012 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama at the age of 58. His parents were Hill Franklin Keating and Willodene Thornton Keating He was Read More …
Leonard William “Lennie” Keating died at home on 11 February 2012 at age 90. He was born on 12 March 1921 to James and Emily Keating in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He served in the U.S. Navy and was active in Read More …
Today is the day that we Americans celebrate our declaration of independence from the British Empire. We often forget that it took a bit longer to enforce that declaration and another few decades to prove the point… We also occasionally Read More …
The fascinating tale of Prior James Keating, Knight Templar, courtesy of the Bree Heritage website: http://breeheritage.ie/2012/06/the-remarkable-career-of-prior-james-keating/
John William “Jack” Keating of Grafton, Ohio died on 9 April 2012 at the home of his son, Curt at age 85. He was born 24 July 1926 to Angie (née McMeans) and John M. Keating in Johnston, Pennsylvania. Funeral services Read More …
Sylvia M. Keating of Evenglow Lodge and formerly of Odell, Illinois died on 29 May 2012. She was born 5 June 1917 in Modoc, Illinois to Raymond and Anna (Horrell) Simpson. Funeral services 2 June 2012 at 11:00am at St. Paul Catholic Church Read More …
Michael Franklin Keating of Kokomo, Indiana died on 30 May 2012 in Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo, Indiana  at age 81. He was born 15 June 1930 to Harry and Flora (Benner) Keating in Cass County, Indiana. Funeral services 5 June 2012 at Read More …
Kathleen T. Keating of Dunmore, Pennsylvania died on 5 June 2012 in Regional Hospital of Scranton Hospice Unit of an illness. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to the late Arthur and Marion (Hunter) Trask. Funeral services on 9 June Read More …
William Steven “Bill” Keating of Avoca, Wisconsin died on 5 June 2012 at age 59. He was born 9 May 1953 to Warren and Irene (Sundbakken) Keating in Madison, Wisconsin. A memorial services will be held at a future date. Bill was a Read More …