Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I've always loved this holiday as a harbinger of spring and the wonderful Celtic music everyone plays. Today everyone is Irish! We all done the green of spring, whether our ancestors wore it or not and cheerfully celebrate.

The celebration of St. Patrick's Day began in 1737 in Boston. The city of New York still has the largest parade and celebration. May the luck of this day be with everyone who reads this!

An Irish blessing:
May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow
And may trouble avoid you wherever you go.

I've been doing genealogy research since my grandmother got me started at the age of 14. That's well over 40 years. It's been a fun, challenging and overall interesting experience. I'm not sure why I do it. It's almost an obsession. I enjoy fitting the pieces of the puzzle together, digging up minute details and fitting into the picture. I've met some really interesting distant relatives along the way. I guess I feel that we can't go forward without knowing where we came from.

So for those other researchers who stumble upon this post, here is my family. Feel free to contact me if you're also researching any of these names.

Tipton, Hill/Hille, Wagaman, Byer, Greisher, Armstrong, Aikelbarger, Tinkle, Lake, Defibaugh/Tiefenbaugh, Lantz, Pritchard, MacClelland, McArthur, McGlaughlin, McKinney, McLaughlin, Myers, Winstandley, Heyward, Stewart, Orr, Redman, Baker, Hambleton, Marchant, Wyn/Wynn, King, Dunning, Ebden, Brooks, Cunningham, Ford, Hugh, Fitch, McEwen/McQuown, Clark, Herron, Johnson, Kitchen, Bennett, Dalton, Dinsinger, Hollenbaugh, Staub, Koser, Sicher, Walbert, Mayer, Dietemer, Schwarz, McIntyre, McIntire, Harwood, Marsh, Snyder, Locke/Lock, Bishop, Perren, Gale, Bly, Eaton and a few more.

Ron's family: Houston, Whitehead, Schramm, Kreger, Gregory, Wilson, Borah, Roy, and Cochran.

So many of our ancestors culturally revered their ancestors in some manor, I guess this is just my way of honoring them.