Family History Research by Jody Lutter

  Below is the list of records not available online that were ordered and not yet fulfilled. The  last published list  was on June 22, 2024....

Edmond Sheehy (1825-1893) will remain a tail in my tree for the present time. Sheehy gravestone in Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Amenia...

With the arrival of a marriage record from 1892, I can now place Ann Newman (1851-1929) among the children of Edmond Edward Sheehy (1825-18...

Bridget Sheehy (1857-1916) was my great great grandmother. With John D Preston (1857-1928) she had at least ten children born in New Yo...

Some DNA matches caused me to delve into my mother's Sheehy branch and find a lot more cousins. Bridget Sheehy (1857-1916) was my mo...

Some additional insight into the place of origin in Ireland of my Sheehy and Frawley ancestors . We have come a long way from merely stating...

Another Preston/Sheehy cousin tested his DNA at 23andMe.com . K.J. is the father of D.J., who tested four years ago. D.J. was the first r...

Someone from Ireland (possibly a cousin) wrote to me about my Sheehy and Frawley ancestors of County Limerick. He had seen my blog post abo...

In December I tested my  mitochondrial DNA  ("mtDNA") with  FamilyTreeDNA .   My first mtDNA test was over five years ago with Anc...

The prior article concerned DNA cousins in common .  Finding DNA cousins who match you and some of your other DNA cousins is not uncommon.  ...

My results are in for the AncestryDNA test I took in May .  (My father's results are not in yet.) Before the results were published, a...

Birth announcements in old newspapers are rare.  I find far more marriage and death notices than birth. This "young" baby is p...