All posts by Aidan Walsh

Where did Little Joe go?

My great-grandmother Kathleen never spoke much about her childhood, but she always wondered what happened to her little brother Joe.

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The Curious Case of John Dunn

When I began researching my family history, I initially focused very little time on the Dunn family. The Dunn line had already been almost completely traced back to Ireland by cousins of my grandmother, and I had been given numerous notes and write-ups from over the..

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Uncovering Thomas Dalton’s Tragedy

The story of Thomas Dalton is a tragic one, and one that had been forgotten for many years, until a DNA match brought the truth of his brief life to light. I stumbled across the Dalton family years ago when investigating the origins of my own 2nd great-grandmother Mary..

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