Many thanks to those who have served our country, whether in times of war or peace, you have our eternal graditude.

http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/

The family tree section has received some long over due updates and enhancements:

• Documents, Photos, and Headstones will now show a larger view of the item when hovering your mouse over it.  This will let you preview the item without having to click on it.
• The search page has more options and advanced features.
• The places page now shows a graph of the top 10 locations in the database.

 A silly bunch!

Thanks to a distant cousin Susan B., we know quite a bit more about the family of Emily Geiger (She was married to William J. Kenna - they divorced later).  Susan provided this information quite a while ago, but I'm just getting around to posting it now.  The new information here is about Emily's mother Antoinette Zeiser and her family, all from Germany.  See the partial pedigree chart below - click on it to go to the chart and browse.

 I took this a couple of weeks ago at Crescent City, CA.  They have beautiful beaches and sunsets.

While searching the Limerick Ireland Genealogy database (http://www.limerickgenealogy.com/) for birth records on James Kenna found here in my database, I found a James McKenna born or baptized 14 May 1810.  The record is from the St. Michael's (Roman Catholic) district in County Limerick.  His father is listed as Michael McKenna and mother as Catherine Collopy.  There was no other information on the transcribed record.

This could be the guy I am looking for (the date and location are matches), but I can't be sure since I don't know his mother or father's names.

(This search cost me 5 euro!!)

 Done with a kit by the artist daughter.

Honoring all who served. Read more about Veteran's Day here.