It was so lovely to be sent this photo of my dad as a boy. I haven’t seen any photos of him this young only at the age 17/18 with his brother Thomas. The picture has been taken from this photo of my dad at school with the other pupils of Brackney Primary School. That’s…
My dad John was born on September 21st, 1935 in Ballykeel, Kilkeel, Co Down, Northern Ireland. He had a big family. He had 5 brothers and 2 sisters. They are Paddy, Tommy, Oliver, Vera, Mary Bernadette, Brendan and Malachy. My dad was born after Tommy. My dad left home when he was 17 and went…
I knew that researching my granny wasn’t going to be easy, but it was something I wanted to do very much. I knew that she had lost both her mum and dad at a very early age and that details of her parents and relatives were not really known. So on and off for nearly…
My grandfather on my mothers side was called Alexander McCormick. I never met Alexander or his brothers and sisters. One day while I was on the ancestry site I came across a man called Jim Scott. Jim had information about the McCormick’s on his family tree. After discussing the family through messages it came to…
We have all heard about meeting the love of your life and that when you meet them you will know that they are the one. This was true for my Irish parents John and Margaret Cunningham. None of us know who were are going to meet in our life’s, but sometimes someone comes along that…
As the title says from plasters to coffee and this is true for me. I came here one day as I had been playing at school and had hurt myself. I had been jumping up to grab hold of the window latch and had missed and the next thing I knew I was at the…
As I start out on this new journey of my life, I look back at my life and explain about my own fears as a child and the things I have faced. By doing so I give others the strength to share their life’s as well. Leave The Light On I wasn’t always afraid of…
I never knew that I had a great uncle that served in the first world war. It has only been a short time since I discovered George existed. To me to find out that I had a member of my family in the first world war makes me very proud. As a tribute to all…
Being an only girl in a family of three boys sometimes felt like a lonely place for me. I was the youngest and there was a massive age gap. Although I had brothers, I always felt like an only child. Don’t get me wrong I do have many happy memories but sometimes wished I had…
I want to give thanks to my dad for helping me with this. I know that it really means a lot to him to have his family tree researched and to see it written down. I made a few phone calls to Ireland over the past few weeks to dad to ask him about the…