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Baptism Record And Church For Michael John Flanagan (1927)

While cleaning out my email inbox this weekend, I came across a photo one of my cousins snapped of my orphaned grandfather Michael John Flanagan’s (1927-1997) baptism record. He shot this quickly a couple years ago with his iPhone. I’ve been holding off posting it until I could get a good scanned copy of the […]

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Kennedy Surname

Dead End: No Further Information In Sarah Kennedy Ward Flanagan’s Burial Records

I mentioned yesterday that I suddenly stumbled upon the burial place and a headstone photo for my great-grandmother Sarah Kennedy Flanagan. The cemetery was kind enough to promptly respond, but I was very disappointed to learn that their records contain no further information about my great-grandmother or any family that might have been in charge of her funeral or burial.

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Michael Flanagan 1940 US Census

1940 Census Stories: Michael John Flanagan, Orphaned And Alone Again At 12 Years Old

1940 US Census, courtesy of Ancestry.com. Click on the image to view a larger copy. Work at my day job and some personal web development projects in my spare time have kept me away from genealogy work for a couple of months. But, when I read in the news that Ancestry.com just published its index today

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