Fantastic Find: John Grenham - Irish Roots

Mr. Grenham's website is a great resource for those of you researching your Irish ancestors. Check out his blog Irish Roots. For instance, his most recent post (dated 24 April 2017) is titled "We have grave concerns..." and it's chock full of links to an impressive number of sources for Irish cemetery records.

The post begins:

I was once told by an American psychotherapist that the Irish have serious problems with bereavement. Apparently we find it very hard to let go. Maybe that’s the reason we have such a thing about graveyards. Because we certainly do have a thing about graveyards.

[City cemetery, Belfast, Ireland, October 1918. American National Red Cross Collection in the 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.]

You can read a short biography of John Grenham at Legacy Family Tree's website but, sadly, you've a month late to hear his webinar "Why are Irish records so weird?" for free.


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Throwback Thursday: Noslers in the Cemetery

From earlier today at Mt Hope Cemetery in San Diego.  James Milo Nosler and his sister-in-law Esther (Rittgers) Nosler lie side by side in the G. A. R. 1 area.

This picture represents what must have been a horrible time for my 2nd great grandfather, William H Nosler (1840-1914) -- his youngest brother James Milo Nosler died of tuberculosis on May 8, 1886 and then William's wife, my 2nd great grandmother Esther Loretta (Rittgers) Nosler died a year later (of unknown cause) on November 14, 1887, after 23 years marriage and 10 children.

William Nosler later died and is buried in Coquille, Coos, Oregon.

A better picture of Esther's tombstone, by FindaGrave contributor John Burkholder (1/09/2007)

A better picture of James' gravestone, by FindaGrave contributor Michael Harris (5/15/2004)

Red arrow shows approximate location of the graves.

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