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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Sheep, 27 June 2023. |
The group above were at Hermann J. Weimer Vineyard during our visit last summer. We're heading back there soon for a weekend wine tasting. The friendly sheep followed our kids around as we enjoyed the lovely and relaxing setting at Weimer.
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. EPIC Museum, Dublin. 18 Feb 2020. |
One might think from my last post that I've been in Ireland, but instead I'm planning ahead for a summer visit in 2025. That's one of the motivations to try to pinpoint the location of my O'Brien roots, and the location of my 3rd-great-grandmother Bridget's family.
I know I've used the photo above in a previous post, but I like the mural and it is fitting for thoughts on a return visit to Ireland.
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| Illinois State Register. 9 Mar 1909. |
I don't think I've run across this article before. The clipping above appeared as a hint on FamilySearch, and directed me to this article on GenealogyBank. I knew my great-grandfather Harry O'Brien had a younger brother who died young, but I'm not sure I was familiar with the details described in the article. Like Harry's older sister Anna, who died young from an infection due to blood poisoning, Guy O'Brien died just short of 20 after catching typhoid-pneumonia, perhaps brought on from working in a mine.
I don't typically listen to podcasts on long car rides. I usually opt for Spotify playlists, but on the long drive home from New York I needed something to help pass the time. Back in July I starting listening to Crista Cowan's Stories that Live In Us podcast. It's really great.
While the first seven episodes are available as videos on YouTube (where I began listening to the series), there are many more on Spotify (or on your podcast platform of choice). In addition to helping pass the time, these episodes (20 as of today) are emotional, many are inspiring and give me ideas for ways that I want to use this platform to tell stories about my own family history discoveries. Episode 10 is incredibly moving, but give the whole series a listen.
