The USS Block Island, part of a hunter-killer group of escort carriers providing cover for convoys moving across the mid-Atlantic, is north-west of the Canary Islands on 29 May 1944. On board wer...
https://eluceydator.com/2016/05/30/in-memoriam-john-j-schlenker/
The only place I’ve ever seen a street address on a headstone is Cobh. Quite a few of them had an address, perhaps this is common in Ireland? On one particular stone, it was the same address me...
https://eluceydator.com/2015/06/21/the-house-at-7-harbour-hill/
In February we visited Ireland for the second time. In 2002 we went with the kids, this time it was just Sue and I. In the 13 years between trips, I’ve learned a lot about who my Irish ancestor...
https://eluceydator.com/2015/06/20/ireland-trip-templerobin-cemetery-cobh/
On Saturday May 9th my son will graduate from North Carolina State University, the first Lucey in our direct line to receive a bachelor’s degree. We had no idea when he first enrolled, but thi...
https://eluceydator.com/2015/05/06/a-lucey-crosses-the-nc-state-stage-80-years-in-the-making/
I’m very excited to announce the creation of the Lucey – Ireland Y-DNA surname project at Family Tree DNA. The project uses Y-DNA test results to find matches between participants with the go...
https://eluceydator.com/2015/04/17/lucey-ireland-dna-project/
The Bowen family of Washington County Maine made the ultimate sacrifice in the Civil War. Father William and three of his sons signed up to fight for the Union and none returned home . Back in 2...
https://eluceydator.com/2014/11/09/a-headstone-for-william-bowen-52-ancestors-40/
136 years ago today , my 2nd great-grandfather Sewall Bridges Stanhope married Annie Amelia Hayward in Edmunds, Maine. She was the daughter of George Henry Hayward and Rachel Bridges Carter. I h...
https://eluceydator.com/2014/11/04/52-ancestors-39-sewall-bridges-stanhope/
158 years ago today , my 2nd great-grandfather Frederic Lowell Bowen was born in Perry, Maine, the eighth and last son born to William and Mary (Boynton/Boyington) Bowen. I imagine Fred had a pre...
https://eluceydator.com/2014/10/28/52-ancestors-38-frederic-lowell-bowen/
In late 1864 into early 1865, the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery was stationed in New Bern, NC on garrison duty. Company M included 16-year-old James Lucey, my 2nd great-grandfather. In the fa...
https://eluceydator.com/2014/10/01/52-ancestors-37-james-lucey-and-the-battle-of-wyse-fork/
100 years ago today, my grandfather Vincent John Lucey was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, the fifth child of James and Mary (O’Brien) Lucey. He spent the first few weeks of his life in a mak...
https://eluceydator.com/2014/09/20/52-ancestors-36-vincent-lucey/