Each New Year, many people make resolutions of habits they wish to change or goals they hope to accomplish. Among my resolutions, I always include some genealogy tasks I’d like to complete. In the past organizing my information has often been on my list; last year, I finally organized and filed many of my paper files, so finding documents should be easier. With the start of 2022, I have begun compiling my list of objectives for the new year. Here are a few of the genealogy items I would like to accomplish during this coming year. Continue reading
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Chasing McGarveys
Tracing my great-grandmother’s parentage seems as elusive as finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Neither my father nor his siblings could tell me much about their paternal grandmother; before my dad was born, the family moved from Lycoming County where she lived. Most of his siblings were young when their grandmother died so they knew little about her. The older siblings never mentioned any memory of her. Some thought her maiden name was McGarvey, but they were not certain. It was not until I began researching my family tree, that I discovered any information about my great grandmother. I learned her name was Margaret McGarvey and she was most likely the daughter of James McGarvey and Rebecca Thomas. Continue reading
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