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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Tracing the Two Mullen Family Houses of Pollaturick: What the 1926 Census Didn’t Tell Me

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  The Cement Era Publishing Company. (1913). The Cement Era: Devoted to cement, concrete and related machinery (Vol. 11). Cement Era Publis...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Who Filled Out Irish Census Forms? The System which began in 1841

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I didn't know until the other day that the Irish census enumerations were different than the way censuses were enumerated in the United ...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

The Looooong Wait for the 1926 Census for Ireland Is Over

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  The Long Wait for the 1926 Census Most countries have a 10‑year wait between census releases. Ireland had a 15‑year gap between the 1911 a...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Overview of My Online RootsTech 2026

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I attended RootsTech 2026 online this year. While I enjoyed the experience overall, I was a little disappointed by the lack of major announc...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Can ChatGPT Analyze Your Raw Data Zip file? Yes it can!

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 When I was analyzing my new AncestryDNA ethnicity results I wondered if no calls could have affected my ethnicity results? Could the missin...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

AncestryDNA Ethnicity Update 2025: Lessons from My Cousins’ Results

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  Why My AncestryDNA Ethnicity Results Are Less Helpful Than My Family’s My AncestryDNA ethnicity results have always been the least helpfu...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Finding Winifred Mullen: A Long-Lost Aunt, a Boy from Mackinac Island, and an Unexpected Family Connection

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My father Robert Kapple standing behind his sister around 1940 (about when Patrick Chapman visited). On right, you can see how much informat...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

What Ever Happened to Winifred Mullen? Dealing with early 20th century Irish and American records

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  My Great-Grandmother Helen Mullen-Mason, Bridget (Sister Mary Kathleen), and Thomas, but not Winifred?   I've been researching my Iris...